Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 18:20-21

"Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother. And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up." — Luke 18:20-21 (ASV)

All this appears to be simple enough, if you only look on the surface, but when you recall that there is an inward, spiritual meaning to all this—that a licentious look breaks the command about adultery, that a covetous desire is stealing, that the utterance of a slander is bearing false witness, and so on—who is there that can enter into life on these terms? Yet they cannot be lowered, for they are, spiritually, just and right.