See below for Ray Comfort's question to people on the street:
There is somebody in the Christian Scriptures who kept all ten commandments, and it was not Jesus:
17: "As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. 'Good teacher,' he asked, 'what must I do to inherit eternal life?'"
18: "'Why do you call me good?' Jesus answered. 'No one is good--except God alone."
19: "You know the commandments: 'You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.'''
20: "Teacher,' he declared, 'all these I have kept since I was a boy.'" (Mark 10:17-20)
I guess this man was good and will be saved by his works.
The fallacy with this question is that God does not send you to Hell for transgressing the ten commandments, which is neither said directly nor even implied in the Jewish Scriptures. He doesn't send you to Hell for transgressing all 613 either. It seems to be an idea that developed in Christian thought.
To see if it is possible to keep all 613 commandment, see Dr. Kyle Bailey on Sin and Sacrifice.
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