Matthew 19:17

New Living Translation

“Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:29

“You warned them to return to your Law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.

Psalm 119:68

You are good and do only good; teach me your decrees.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior? Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?

Ezekiel 20:21

“But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.

Leviticus 18:5

If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the Lord.

Romans 10:5

For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.

James 1:17

Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.

1 John 4:16

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

1 Samuel 2:2

No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.