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 19:16–30Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
• Luke 18:18–30A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Rom 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
• John 6:27–28Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
• Luke 10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Rom 10:2–4For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
• Acts 16:30brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• Acts 2:37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
• Acts 20:32Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
• Matt 25:34Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
• Matt 17:14When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, and saying,
• John 6:40This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
• Dan 6:10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
• Acts 9:6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
• John 5:39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
• John 20:2–4Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”
• Matt 28:8They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.
• John 3:2The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”
• Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
• Mark 12:14When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
• Mark 1:40A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”
• Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 1 Jn 2:25This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

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