Matthew 19:16

Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

Cross References (31)

  • Mark 10:17–30 (17)

    As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit ete

  • Luke 18:18–30 (9)

    Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

  • John 3:15 (9)

    that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

  • Jude 1:21 (8)

    keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

  • Matthew 25:46 (7)

    And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

  • 1 John 5:20 (6)

    And 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

  • 1 John 1:2 (6)

    And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life tha

  • Titus 3:7 (5)

    so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

  • 1 John 2:25 (4)

    And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

  • 1 Timothy 6:12 (4)

    Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confess

  • 1 John 5:11–13 (4)

    And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

  • 1 Timothy 6:19 (4)

    treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

  • Titus 1:2 (4)

    in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

  • Matthew 19:29 (4)

    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake o

  • Luke 10:25–28 (4)

    One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

  • Acts 16:30 (4)

    Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

  • John 6:68 (3)

    Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  • John 6:47 (3)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

  • Romans 2:7 (3)

    To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

  • John 12:25 (3)

    Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

  • Daniel 12:2 (3)

    And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting co

  • Romans 6:22–23 (3)

    But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and th

  • John 17:2–3 (3)

    For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

  • Romans 5:21 (3)

    so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jes

  • John 10:28 (3)

    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

  • John 5:39 (3)

    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that te

  • John 6:27–29 (3)

    Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For o

  • John 4:14 (3)

    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of wa

  • 1 Timothy 1:16 (2)

    But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect

  • Matthew 19:26 (2)

    Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

  • Matthew 19:17–18 (2)

    “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 t