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Matthew 19:17

“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.”

Matthew 19:17 BSB
  1. a BYZ and TR 16...“Good Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?” 17 “Why do you call Me good?” See Mark 10:17–18 and Luke 18:18–19.

Matthew 19:17 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 18:5 (9 votes) and Luke 10:26–28 (5 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Leviticus 18 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Matthew 19:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Leviticus 18:59 votes

    Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

  2. Luke 10:26–285 votes

    “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” …

  3. Galatians 3:11–135 votes

    Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.” The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.” …

  4. 1 Samuel 2:24 votes

    There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

  5. Romans 10:54 votes

    For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

  6. 1 John 4:163 votes

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  7. Nehemiah 9:292 votes

    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

  8. Ezekiel 20:11–122 votes

    And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them. I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  9. Ezekiel 20:212 votes

    But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.

  10. Psalm 145:7–91 vote

    They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness. The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. …

  11. James 1:171 vote
  12. 1 John 4:8–101 vote
  13. Psalm 52:10 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 19:17?

The 10 strongest of 23.