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Matthew 19:16-18
International Standard Version
Matthew 19:16-18
International Standard Version
A Rich Man Comes to Jesus(A)
16 Just then a man came up to Jesus.[a] “Teacher,”[b] he asked, “what good deed should I do to have eternal life?”
17 Jesus[c] asked him, “Why ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good.[d] If you want to get into that life, you must keep the commandments.”
18 The young man[e] asked him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You must not murder,[f] you must not commit adultery,[g] you must not steal,[h] you must not give false testimony,[i]
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- Matthew 19:16 Lit. him
- Matthew 19:16 Other mss. read Good Teacher
- Matthew 19:17 Lit. He
- Matthew 19:17 Other mss. read Why do you call me good? No one is good except for one—God
- Matthew 19:18 Lit. He
- Matthew 19:18 Cf. Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17
- Matthew 19:18 Cf. Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18
- Matthew 19:18 Cf. Exod 20:15; Deut 5:19
- Matthew 19:18 Cf. Exod 20:16; Deut 5:20
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