Mark 10:17

A man runs up and asks what he must do to inherit eternal life. His earnest question opens a searching encounter about salvation and the heart.

Cross-references · 23

• Matt 19:16–30Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
• Luke 18:18–30Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• John 6:27–28Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• Luke 10:25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Rom 10:2–4For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
• Acts 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
• Acts 20:32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
• Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 17:14When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him.
• John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
• Dan 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
• Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
• John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
• John 20:2–4So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
• Matt 28:8So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.
• John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
• Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
• Mark 12:14“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”
• Mark 1:40Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
• Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

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