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Matthew 19:17

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God's holinessObedience

15 And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.

16 Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

18 “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
KJV
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
WEB
He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
ASV
And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
DARBY
And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
BLB
And He said to him, “Why do you ask Me about the good? One is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
ÅB
Men Jesus sa til ham: «Hvorfor spør du meg om det gode? Det er bare en som er god. Men vil du gå inn til livet så hold budene!
OTB
Han svarte: «Hvorfor spør du meg om hva som er godt? Det er bare Én som er god. Hvis du vil gå inn til livet, hold budene.»
B1930
Men han sa til ham: Hvorfor spør du mig om det gode? Det er bare en som er god. Men vil du gå inn til livet, da hold budene!

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 18:5

    Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

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  • Galatians 3:11–13

    Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  • Luke 10:26–28

    “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

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  • Romans 10:5

    For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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  • 1 Samuel 2:2

    There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

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  • 1 John 4:16

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

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  • Ezekiel 20:21

    But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.

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  • Ezekiel 20:11–12

    And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

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