Luke 18:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Luke 18:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Luke 18:21 is a verse from the book of Luke in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Luke 18:21 — KJV
“And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.”
— Luke 18:21 (KJV)
Luke 18:21 in Context — About the Book of Luke
Luke, the physician-historian, writes the most carefully researched Gospel — and the most tender. Outsiders take center stage: shepherds, women, Samaritans, tax collectors, the prodigal son. More than any Gospel, Luke shows Jesus praying at every turning point of His life.
Cross-References for Luke 18:21
“The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?”
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“These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.”
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“And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. wandered: Heb. walked”
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“Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.”
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“And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. yea...: or, especially when this day there is other sanctified in the vessel”
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