Lux Domini
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

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Interpretation

Christ knew that covetousness was the sin which most easily beset this young man; though he had got honestly what he possessed, yet he could not cheerfully part with it, and by this his want of sincerity was shown.

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This thought runs through Matthew 19:18-20.