Matthew 19:17

New English Translation

He said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, will live. They boldly turned from you; they rebelled and did not obey.

Psalm 119:68

You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes!

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!

Ezekiel 20:21

“‘But the children rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness.

Leviticus 18:5

So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the Lord.

Romans 10:5

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.”

James 1:17

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

1 Samuel 2:2

No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!