Luke 18:18 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Common English Bible

¹⁸ A certain ruler asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life?

Luke 18:18 Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31

“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.

Malachi 1:6

“A son esteems his father, and a servant his master. And if I am the Father, where is My esteem? And if I am a Master, where is My fear? said יהוה of hosts to you priests who despise My Name. But you asked, ‘In what way have we despised Your Name?’

Luke 18:19

So יהושע said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One – Elohim.

Luke 6:46

“But why do you call Me ‘Master, Master,’ and do not do what I say?

Acts 16:30

And having led them outside he said, “Masters, what do I have to do to be saved?”

Acts 2:37

And having heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Kĕpha and the rest of the emissaries, “Men, brothers, what shall we do?”