[Ali Imran]

RESPONSE: God’s commandments are not a comprehensive list for sin. In the Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 5-7), Jesus states that God’s standard for salvation is actually higher than merely externally obeying the Ten Commandments. Instead, even the motives of our heart are judged by God. Therefore, even if these two obeyed the external “commandments and requirements,” they still did not obey the internal commandments.

If they are not obedient to the internal commandments, they cannot be righteous in the sight of God. But Luke described them as righteous in the sight of God.