Matthew 19:20
19:20 The young man said to him, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed
all these laws.
What do I still lack?”
Luke 10:25-29
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
10:25 Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”
10:27 The expert answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
10:28 Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
10:29 But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luke 15:29
15:29 but he answered
his father, ‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave
for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet
you never gave me even a goat
so that I could celebrate with my friends!
Luke 18:9-12
The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector
18:9 Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.
18:10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers – or even like this tax collector.
18:12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’
Luke 18:21
18:21 The man
replied, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed
all these laws
since my youth.”
Philippians 3:5-6
3:5 I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.
3:6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.