Matthew 19:17 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he said to him: "Why do you question me about what is good? One is good: God. But if you wish to enter into life, observe the commandments."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And He said to him, Why do you ask Me about the perfectly and essentially good? There is only One Who is good [perfectly and essentially]–God. If you would enter into the Life, you must continually keep the commandments.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Jesus said, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There’s only one who is good. If you want to enter eternal life, keep the commandments.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁷ And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”

Matthew 19:17 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 9:29

And you contended with them, so that they might return to your law. Yet truly, they acted in arrogance, and they did not listen to your commandments, and they sinned against your judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they withdrew from offering their shoulder, and they hardened their neck; neither would they listen.

Psalm 52:1

Unto the end. For Mahalath: the thoughts of David. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."

Ezekiel 20:21

But their sons provoked me. They did not walk in my precepts. And they did not observe my judgments, so as to do them; for if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they violated my Sabbaths. And so, I threatened that I would pour out my fury upon them, and that I would fulfill my wrath among them in the desert.

Leviticus 18:5

Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord.

Romans 10:5

And Moses wrote, about the justice that is of the law, that the man who will have done justice shall live by justice.

James 1:17

Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.

1 Samuel 2:2

Nothing is holy as the Lord is holy. For there is no other beside you. And nothing is strong as our God is strong.