Matthew 19:17

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Jesus replied, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

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  • Lev 18:5 : 5 You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.
  • Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
  • Gal 3:11-13 : 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.' 12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.' 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
  • 1 John 4:8-9 : 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 'There is no one holy like the LORD, for there is no one besides You; there is no Rock like our God.'
  • Neh 9:29 : 29 You warned them to return to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not obey Your commandments. They sinned against Your judgments, which, if a person does, they will live by them. Stubbornly, they turned their backs, stiffened their necks, and would not listen.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of David.
  • Ps 145:7-9 : 7 They will proclaim the memory of your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of your righteousness. 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in steadfast love. 9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all he has made.
  • Ezek 20:11-12 : 11 I gave them my statutes and made known to them my ordinances, by which a person who obeys them will live. 12 Also, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so they would know that I am the LORD who makes them holy.
  • Ezek 20:21 : 21 But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes, and they did not keep my ordinances to obey them, though by them a person will live. They profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the wilderness.
  • Luke 10:26-28 : 26 He asked him, 'What is written in the Law? How do you read it?' 27 The man answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.' 28 Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.'

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  • Mark 10:17-21
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    17As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to him, knelt down before him, and asked, 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'

    18Jesus replied, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.'

    19'You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother."'

    20The man said to him, 'Teacher, I have kept all these commandments since my youth.'

    21Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you lack,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

  • Luke 18:18-22
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    18A certain ruler asked him, 'Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'

    19Jesus replied, 'Why do you call me good? No one is good—except God alone.'

    20You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'

    21The man said, 'All these I have kept since I was a boy.'

    22When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'

  • Matt 19:16
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    16Then someone came to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?"

  • Matt 19:18-22
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    18The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

    19'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

    20The young man said to him, "I have kept all these. What do I still lack?"

    21Jesus replied, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

    22When the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful, for he had great wealth.

  • Mark 12:28-32
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    28Then one of the scribes, having heard their debate and knowing that Jesus had answered them well, asked him, 'Which commandment is the most important of all?'

    29Jesus answered, 'The most important is: Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

    30Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

    31The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these.

    32Then the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, that God is one, and there is no other besides him.

  • Luke 10:25-29
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    25And behold, an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, 'Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'

    26He asked him, 'What is written in the Law? How do you read it?'

    27The man answered, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.'

    28Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.'

    29But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'

  • Matt 22:35-39
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    35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with a question,

    36'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'

    37Jesus replied, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

    38This is the first and greatest commandment.

    39And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Luke 6:46
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    46Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

  • Mark 12:34
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    34When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' And no one dared to question him any further.

  • Deut 10:13
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    13and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes that I am commanding you today for your own good?

  • Luke 20:39
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    39Some of the scribes replied, 'Teacher, you have spoken well.'

  • Luke 12:14-15
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    14But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me as a judge or arbiter over you?"

    15Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."

  • John 9:36-37
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    36He answered, 'Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?'

    37Jesus said to him, 'You have seen Him, and it is He who is speaking with you.'

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    17Jesus said to them, 'Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.' And they were amazed at him.

  • Matt 8:19
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    19Then a scribe came and said to Him, 'Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.'

  • Luke 10:37
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    37The expert in the law replied, 'The one who showed him mercy.' Then Jesus said to him, 'Go and do likewise.'

  • Matt 20:15
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    15'Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

  • Matt 7:21
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    21Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

  • Lev 22:31
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    31Therefore, keep My commandments and follow them. I am the LORD.

  • Rom 7:12
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    12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

  • Rom 13:9
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  • Matt 15:3
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    3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

  • Luke 20:21
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    21So they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in truth.

  • John 14:6
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    6Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'