Matthew 19:17

Free Bible Version

“Why do you ask me what is good?” Jesus replied. “There's only one who is good. But if you want to have eternal life, then keep the commandments.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

You warned them to come back to your Law, but they were arrogant. They ignored your commands, and sinned against your rules, which, as you previously said, ‘If people obey they will live by them.’ They obstinately turned their backs on you and refused to listen.

Psalm 119:68

Since you are good, everything you do is good. Teach me your ways.

Psalm 52:1

You great man, why do you boast about the evil things you've done? God's trustworthy love lasts all day long.

Ezekiel 20:21

But their children also rebelled against me. They didn't follow my laws and didn't keep my regulations, even though they would have given them life. They violated my Sabbaths. So I warned them that I would punish them in my anger there in the desert.

Leviticus 18:5

If you keep my rules and do what I tell you, you will live. I am the Lord.

Romans 10:5

Moses wrote, “Whoever does what is right by obeying the law will live.”

James 1:17

All that's good, every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father who made heaven's lights. Unlike them he doesn't change—he doesn't vary or cause shadows.

1 John 4:16

We have experienced and trusted in the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love, live in God, and God lives in them.

1 Samuel 2:2

There's no one holy like the Lord—no one apart from you, no Rock like our God!