"And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? {there is} none good but one, {that is}, God: but if thou wilt enter int…" — Matthew 19:17

Matthew 19:17 · KJV

“And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? {there is} none good but one, {that is}, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”

— Matthew 19:17

Verse 16

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

Verse 18

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Matthew 19 — Context

And he laid {his} hands on them, and departed thence.

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

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? {there is} none good but one, {that is}, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Honour thy father and {thy} mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Cross References

Leviticus 18:5

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I {am} the LORD.

Galatians 3:11-13

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, {it is} evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Luke 10:26-28

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Romans 10:5

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

1 Samuel 2:2

{There is} none holy as the LORD: for {there is} none beside thee: neither {is there} any rock like our God.

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Ezekiel 20:21

Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which {if} a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

Nehemiah 9:29

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. {withdrew...: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder}