And he answered and said to Him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."

I say to you that likewise [there] shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous who need no repentance.

So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, so many years I have been serving you and I never transgressed your commandment; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men--swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I fast twice a week, I tithe [on] all things, as many as I acquire.'

And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."

And while they were continuing questioning Him, rising up, He said unto them, "He who is without sin among you, let him [be the] first to cast a stone at her."

Now we know that as many things as the law says, it speaks to those under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law has been revealed, being witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets,

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

Therefore the law has become our custodian, [leading us] to Christ, so that we might be justified by faith.

with respect to zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack: Go, sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me."

So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, "Still one thing you lack: sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."