Matthew 19:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁶ And behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Teacher, what good [thing] shall I do that I may have eternal life?"

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And behold, there came a man up to Him, saying, Teacher, what excellent and perfectly and essentially good deed must I do to possess eternal life? [Lev. 18:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ A man approached him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And behold, someone approached and said to him, "Good Teacher, what good should I do, so that I may have eternal life?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?

Matthew 19:16 Cross References

Matthew 19:15

And having put His hands on them, He departed from there.

Matthew 19:26

And looking on [them], Jesus said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Matthew 25:46

"And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

John 10:28

And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

John 12:25

He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

John 3:15

that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water which I shall give him will by no means ever thirst again. But the water which I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life."

John 5:39

You search the Scriptures, because you think [that] in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about Me.

John 6:47

Most assuredly I say to you, he who believes in Me has eternal life.

John 6:68

But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Acts 16:30

and he brought them forth outside and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Romans 2:7

to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption-eternal life.

Romans 5:21

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Timothy 1:16

However, because of this I was shown mercy, so that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, as a pattern for those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called and have confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:19

storing up for yourselves a good foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time [itself],

Titus 3:7

that having been justified by His grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

1 John 1:2

and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and we declare to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us-

1 John 2:25

And this is the promise which He Himself promised to you-eternal life.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true; and we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Jude 1:21

keep yourselves in the love of God, anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.