²¹ And he said, All these things I have done from the time when I was a boy.

⁶ In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

²⁰ The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there?

²¹ Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

²⁰ And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

²¹ And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

⁷ I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

²⁹ But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

¹¹ The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

¹² Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.

² For I give witness of them that they have a strong desire for God, but not with knowledge.

³ Because, not having knowledge of God's righteousness, and desiring to give effect to their righteousness, they have not put themselves under the righteousness of God.