Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
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- KJV And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
- BSB One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- NKJV And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
- NASB And behold, a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
- NLT One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
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Cross-references · 7
- Matt 22:34–39But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.
- Luke 18:18A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
- Acts 16:30–31brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Matt 19:16–19Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
- Gal 3:18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
- Luke 11:45–46One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
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