Matthew 19:16

The Passion Translation

Then a young man approached Jesus and bowed before him, saying, “Wonderful teacher —is there a good work I have to do to obtain eternal life?”

Cross References

Daniel 12:2

“Multitudes of those who are sleeping in the Land of Dust will awaken, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting disgrace.

Matthew 19:15

Then he laid his hands on each of them and went on his way.

Matthew 19:26

Looking into their eyes, Jesus replied, “Humanly speaking, no one, because no one can save himself. But what seems impossible to you is never impossible to God!”

Matthew 19:29

For anyone who has left behind their home and property, leaving family—brothers or sisters, mothers or fathers, or children—for my sake, they will be repaid a hundred times over and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 25:46

And they will depart from his presence into eternal punishment. But the godly and beloved ‘sheep’ will enter into eternal bliss.”

John 10:28

I give to them the gift of eternal life and they will never be lost and no one has the power to snatch them out of my hands.

John 12:25

“The person who loves his life and pampers himself will miss true life! But the one who detaches his life from this world and abandons himself to me, will find true life and enjoy it forever!

John 3:15

so that those who truly believe in him will not perish but be given eternal life.

John 4:14

but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never be thirsty again. For when you drink the water I give you, it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, flooding you with endless life!”

John 5:39

“You are busy analyzing the Scriptures, poring over them hoping to gain eternal life. Everything you read points to me,

John 6:47

“I speak to you living truth: Unite your heart to me and believe—and you will experience eternal life!

John 6:68

Peter spoke up and said, “But Lord, where would we go? No one but you gives us the revelation of eternal life.

Acts 16:30

Then he led Paul and Silas outside and asked, “What must I do to be saved?”

Romans 2:7

For those living in constant goodness and doing what pleases him, seeking an unfading glory and honor and imperishable virtue, will experience eternal life.

Romans 5:21

And just as sin reigned through death, so also this sin-conquering grace will reign as king through righteousness, imparting eternal life through Jesus, our Lord and Messiah!

1 Timothy 1:16

Yet I was captured by grace, so that Jesus Christ could display through me the outpouring of his Spirit as a pattern to be seen for all those who would believe in him for eternal life.

1 Timothy 6:12

So fight with faith for the winner’s prize! Lay your hands upon eternal life, to which you were called and about which you made the good confession before the multitude of witnesses!

1 Timothy 6:19

These spiritual investments will provide a beautiful foundation for their lives and secure for them a great future, as they lay their hands upon the meaning of true life.

Titus 1:2

which rests on the hope of eternal life. God, who never lies, has promised this before time began.

Titus 3:7

So as a gift of his love, and since we are faultless— innocent before his face— we can now become heirs of all things, all because of an overflowing hope of eternal life.

1 John 1:2

This Life-Giver was made visible and we have seen him. We testify to this truth: the eternal Life-Giver lived face-to-face with the Father and has now dawned upon us.

1 John 2:25

And he himself has promised us the never-ending life of the ages to come!

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has made our understanding come alive so that we can know by experience the One who is true. And we are in him who is true, God’s Son, Jesus Christ—the true God and eternal life!

Jude 1:21

Fasten your hearts to the love of God and receive the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who gives us eternal life.