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Mat_19:20. In what respect do I still come short? what further attainment have I yet to make? Comp. Psa_39:4 : ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ ; 1Co_12:24; 2Co_11:5; 2Co_12:11. This reply (Plat. Rep. p. 484 D: μηδʼ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑστεροῦντας ) serves to show that his moral striving after the Messianic life is confined within the narrow limits of a decent outward behaviour, without his having felt and understood the spirit of the commandments, and especially the boundless nature of the duties implied in the commandment of love, though, at the same time, he has a secret consciousness that there must be some higher moral task for man, and feels impelled towards its fulfilment, only the legal tendencies of his character prevent him from seeing where it lies.