Matthew 19:17 - Revised Standard Version

¹⁷ And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And He said to him, Why do you ask Me about the perfectly and essentially good? There is only One Who is good [perfectly and essentially]–God. If you would enter into the Life, you must continually keep the commandments.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Jesus said, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There’s only one who is good. If you want to enter eternal life, keep the commandments.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he said to him: "Why do you question me about what is good? One is good: God. But if you wish to enter into life, observe the commandments."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Matthew 19:17 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

And thou didst warn them in order to turn them back to thy law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey thy commandments, but sinned against thy ordinances, by the observance of which a man shall live, and turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

Psalm 119:68

Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast, O mighty man, of mischief done against the godly? All the day

Ezekiel 20:21

But the children rebelled against me; they did not walk in my statutes, and were not careful to observe my ordinances, by whose observance man shall live; they profaned my sabbaths. “Then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness.

Leviticus 18:5

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the Lord.

Romans 10:5

Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it.

James 1:17

Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

1 John 4:16

So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

1 Samuel 2:2

“There is none holy like the Lord, there is none besides thee; there is no rock like our God.