They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.
Luke 18:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 A certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And a certain ruler asked Him, Good Teacher [You who are essentially and perfectly morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]? American Standard Version (1901) And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? Common English Bible A certain ruler asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life?” Catholic Public Domain Version And a certain leader questioned him, saying: "Good teacher, what should I do to possess eternal life?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life? |
They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.
A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
Then he brought them outside and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”