Matthew 19:17 Cross References

Matthew 19:17

17: "Why ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "Only God is good. But to answer your question, you can receive eternal life if you keep the commandments."

Leviticus 18:5

  1. If you obey my laws and regulations, you will find life through them. I am the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:2

  1. No one is holy like the LORD! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

1 John 4:16

  1. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

Romans 10:5

  1. For Moses wrote that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.

Ezekiel 20:21

  1. "But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my laws and follow my instructions, even though obeying them would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.

Luke 10:26

  1. Jesus replied, "What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?"
  2. The man answered, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
  3. "Right!" Jesus told him. "Do this and you will live!"

James 1:17

  1. Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.

Galatians 3:11

  1. Consequently, it is clear that no one can ever be right with God by trying to keep the law. For the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."
  2. How different from this way of faith is the way of law, which says, "If you wish to find life by obeying the law, you must obey all of its commands."
  3. But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

Ezekiel 20:11

  1. There I gave them my laws so they could live by keeping them. Yes, all those who keep them will live!
  2. And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I, the LORD, had set them apart to be holy, making them my special people.

Nehemiah 9:29

  1. You warned them to return to your law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.

Psalms 52:1

  1. You call yourself a hero, do you? Why boast about this crime of yours, you who have disgraced God's people?

Psalms 145:7

  1. Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness; they will sing with joy of your righteousness.
  2. The LORD is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love.
  3. The LORD is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.

1 John 4:8

  1. But anyone who does not love does not know God--for God is love.
  2. God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
  3. This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
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