Matthew 19:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, eue God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keepe ye commandemets.

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  • Lev 18:5 : 5 Ye shall keepe therefore my statutes, & my iudgementes, which if a man doe, he shall then liue in them: I am the Lord.
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we haue knowen, & beleeued ye loue that God hath in vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, & God in him.
  • Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses thus describeth the righteousnes which is of the Lawe, That the man which doeth these things, shall liue thereby.
  • Gal 3:11-13 : 11 And that no man is iustified by the Law in the sight of God, it is euident: for the iust shall liue by faith. 12 And the Lawe is not of faith: but the man that shall doe those things, shall liue in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Lawe, made a curse for vs, ( for it is written, Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree)
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
  • 1 John 4:8-9 : 8 Hee that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue. 9 Herein was that loue of God made manifest amongst vs, because God sent that his onely begotten sonne into this world, that we might liue through him. 10 Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as the Lord: yea, there is none besides thee, & there is no god like our God.
  • Neh 9:29 : 29 And protestedst among them that thou mightest bring them againe vnto thy Lawe: but they behaued them selues proudely, and hearkened not vnto thy commaundements, but sinned against thy iudgements ( which a man should doe and liue in them) and pulled away the shoulder, and were stiffenecked, and woulde not heare.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech. Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.
  • Ps 145:7-9 : 7 They shall breake out into the mention of thy great goodnes, and shall sing aloude of thy righteousnesse. 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great mercie. 9 The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are ouer all his workes.
  • Ezek 20:11-12 : 11 And I gaue them my statutes, and declared my iudgements vnto them, which if a man doe, he shall liue in them. 12 Moreouer I gaue them also my Sabbaths to be a signe betwene me & them, that they might knowe that I am the Lord, that sanctifie them.
  • Ezek 20:21 : 21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against mee: they walked not in my statutes, nor kept my iudgements to doe them, which if a man doe, hee shall liue in them, but they polluted my Sabbaths: then I thought to powre out mine indignation vpo them, and to accomplish my wrath against them in the wildernes.
  • Luke 10:26-28 : 26 And he saide vnto him, What is written in the Lawe? Howe readest thou? 27 And he answered, and saide, Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy strength, and with all thy thought, and thy neighbour as thy selfe. 28 Then he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this doe, and thou shalt liue.

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    17 And when hee was gone out on the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I doe, that I may possesse eternall life?

    18 Iesus sayde to him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, euen God.

    19 Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steale. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse. Thou shalt hurt no man. Honour thy father and mother.

    20 Then he answered, and said to him, Master, all these things I haue obserued from my youth.

    21 And Iesus looked vpon him, & loued him, and sayde vnto him, One thing is lacking vnto thee. Go and sell all that thou hast, and giue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, followe me, and take vp the crosse.

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    18 Then a certaine ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what ought I to doe, to inherite eternall life?

    19 And Iesus said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, saue one, euen God.

    20 Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnes: Honour thy father and thy mother.

    21 And hee saide, All these haue I kept from my youth.

    22 Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou hast, and distribute vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come followe mee.

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    16 And beholde, one came and sayd vnto him, Good Master, what good thing shal I doe, that I may haue eternall life?

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    19 Honour thy father and mother: and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

    20 The yong man sayd vnto him, I haue obserued all these things from my youth: what lacke I yet?

    21 Iesus sayd vnto him, If thou wilt be perfite, go, sell that thou hast, & giue it to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, & come, and followe me.

    22 And when the yong man heard that saying, he went away sorowfull: for he had great possessions.

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    29 Iesus answered him, The first of all the commandements is, Heare, Israel, The Lord our God is the onely Lord.

    30 Thou shalt therefore loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy minde, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandement.

    31 And the second is like, that is, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. There is none other commandement greater then these.

    32 Then that Scribe said vnto him, Well, Master, thou hast saide the trueth, that there is one God, and that there is none but he,

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    27 And he answered, and saide, Thou shalt loue thy Lord God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy strength, and with all thy thought, and thy neighbour as thy selfe.

    28 Then he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this doe, and thou shalt liue.

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    46 But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?

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    36 He answered, and sayd, Who is he, Lord, that I might beleeue in him?

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    3 But he answered & said vnto them, Why doe yee also transgresse the commaundement of God by your tradition?

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