Matthew 19:16

A man asks Jesus what good deed he must do to gain eternal life. The question matters because it assumes salvation can be earned by works.

Cross-references · 31

• Mark 10:17–30As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 18:18–30Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
• Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
• Matt 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• 1 Jn 1:2And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
• Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
• 1 Tim 6:19treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
• Luke 10:25–28One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• 1 Tim 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
• 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
• Matt 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
• Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
• Acts 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• 1 Jn 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
• Dan 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
• John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
• Rom 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• John 17:2–3For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
• John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
• 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 6:27–29Do 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.”
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
• Rom 6:22–23But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
• Matt 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
• Matt 19:17–18“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
• 1 Tim 1:16But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

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