Mark 10:19 (GNV)

Passage

Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steale. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse. Thou shalt hurt no man. Honour thy father and mother.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:17 And when hee was gone out on the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I doe, that I may possesse eternall life?

Mark 10:18 Iesus sayde to him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, euen God.

Mark 10:19 Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steale. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse. Thou shalt hurt no man. Honour thy father and mother.

Mark 10:20 Then he answered, and said to him, Master, all these things I haue obserued from my youth.

Mark 10:21 And Iesus looked vpon him, and loued him, and sayde vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee. Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, follow me, and take vp the crosse.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "knowest", "comandements", "shalt", "commit", and "adulterie". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "knowest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Iesus sayde to him Why callest thou..." into verse 20's "Then he answered and said to him...", so "thou" and "knowest" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "knowest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.