Matthew 19:17

Good News Translation

“Why do you ask me concerning what is good?” answered Jesus. “There is only One who is good. Keep the commandments if you want to enter life.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

You warned them to obey your teachings, but in pride they rejected your laws, although keeping your Law is the way to life. Hard-headed and stubborn, they refused to obey.

Psalm 119:68

How good you are—how kind! Teach me your commands.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast, great one, of your evil? God's faithfulness is eternal.

Ezekiel 20:21

“But that generation also defied me. They broke my laws and did not keep my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and to kill them all.

Leviticus 18:5

Follow the practices and the laws that I give you; you will save your life by doing so. I am the Lord.”

Romans 10:5

Moses wrote this about being put right with God by obeying the Law: “Whoever obeys the commands of the Law will live.”

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.

1 John 4:16

And we ourselves know and believe the love which God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love live in union with God and God lives in union with them.

1 Samuel 2:2

“No one is holy like the Lord; there is none like him, no protector like our God.