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Matthew 19:16

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Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

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Matthew 19:16 in other translations

And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Matthew 19:16 · American Standard Version

Matthew 19:16 in context

  1. 14But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
  2. 15He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
  3. 16Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
  4. 17He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
  5. 18He said to him, “Which ones?”
    Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’