The young man said unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Then since Jesus mentioned those out of the law, he says, All these things have I kept from my youth up. And neither at this did he stop, but again asks, What lack I yet? which itself again was a sign of his very earnest desire.
Some accuse him of boasting and arrogance. For how could he have achieved love for neighbor if he were rich? For no one who loves his neighbor as himself is wealthier than his neighbor. Others understand it thus: suppose, he says, that I have kept all these things — what do I still lack?
Some accuse him of boasting and arrogance. How could he have achieved love for neighbor if he were rich? For no one who loves his neighbor as himself is wealthier than his neighbor. Others understand it thus: suppose, he says, that I have kept all these things—what do I still lack?
