Now why would
this young man ask Yeshua which commandments he meant? Wasn’t he able to
keep all ten? Well, that wasn’t really the question being asked. He
wasn’t asking Yeshua which of the ten he should keep -- rather, which of
the 613. In the Torah, there are 613 commandments. Not all of
the commandments, however, carry the same "value". When asked in
Matthew 22 what the "greatest" commandment is he replies:
Matthew 22:35
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, You shall love the Lord your God with all thy heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
So the
greater commandments have to do with our relationship with God.
A lesser commandments have to do with our relationship with our fellow man.
39 And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
And the Least
Commandments have to do with our relationship with our environment. Yeshua
perceived that this man had a problem with generosity and His
relationship with his fellow man, so He listed those commandments from the 10
that talked to that point.