Matthew 19:16 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹⁶ And a man came up to Jesus, and said: "Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain Immortal life?"

¹⁷ "Why ask me about goodness?" answered Jesus. "There is but One who is good. If you want to enter the Life, keep the commandments." ¹⁸ "What commandments?" asked the man. "These," answered Jesus:-- "'Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not say what is false about others.

²⁶ But Jesus looked at them, and said: "With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible." Then Peter turned and said to Jesus:

²⁹ Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will 'gain Immortal Life.'

⁴⁶ And these last will go away 'into aeonian punishment,' but the righteous 'into aeonian life.'"

¹⁷ And, as Jesus was resuming his journey, a man came running up to him, and threw himself on his knees before him. "Good Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to gain Immortal Life?" ¹⁸ "Why do you call me good?" answered Jesus. "No one is good but God. ¹⁹ You know the commandments--'Do not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not say what is false about others. Do not cheat. Honor thy father and thy mother.'" ²⁰ "Teacher," he replied, "I have observed all these from my childhood." ²¹ Jesus looked at the man, and his heart went out to him, and he said: "There is still one thing wanting in you; go and sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall heave wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me." ²² But the man's face clouded at these words, and he went away distressed, for he had great possessions. ²³ Then Jesus looked round, and said to his disciples: "How hard it will be for men of wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!" ²⁴ The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again: "My children, how hard a thing it is to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." ²⁶ "Then who can be saved?" they exclaimed in the greatest astonishment. ²⁷ Jesus looked at them, and answered: "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God." ²⁸ "But we," began Peter, "we left everything and have followed you." ²⁹ "I tell you," said Jesus, "there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, on my account and on account of the Good News, ³⁰ Who will not receive a hundred times as much, even now in the present--houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though not without persecutions, and, in the age that is coming, Immortal Life.

²⁵ Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?" ²⁶ "What is said in the Law?" answered Jesus. "What do you read there?" ²⁷ His reply was--"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'" ²⁸ "You have answered right," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."

¹⁸ And one of the Presidents asked Jesus this question--"Good Teacher, what must I do if I am to gain Immortal Life?" ¹⁹ "Why do you call me good?" answered Jesus. "No one is good but God. ²⁰ You know the commandments--'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honor thy father and thy mother.'" ²¹ "I have observed all these," he replied, "from childhood." ²² Hearing this, Jesus said to him: "There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me." ²³ But the man became greatly distressed on hearing this, for he was extremely rich. ²⁴ Seeing this, Jesus said to his disciples: "How hard it is for men of wealth to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!" ²⁶ "Then who can be saved?" asked those who heard this. ²⁷ But Jesus said: "What is impossible with men is possible with God." ²⁸ "But we," said Peter, "we left what belonged to us and followed you." ²⁹ "I tell you," he answered, "that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, on account of the Kingdom of God, ³⁰ Who will not receive many times as much in the present, and in the age that is coming Immortal Life."

¹⁵ That every one who believes in him may have Immortal Life."

¹⁴ But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

³⁹ You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;

²⁷ Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval." ²⁸ "How," they asked, "are we to do the work that God would have us do?" ²⁹ "The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

⁴⁷ In truth I tell you, he who believes in me has Immortal Life.

⁶⁸ But Simon Peter answered: "Master, to whom shall we go? Immortal Life is in your teaching;

²⁸ And I give them Immortal Life, and they shall not be lost; nor shall any one snatch them out of my hands.

²⁵ He who loves his life loses it; while he who hates his life in the present world shall preserve it for Immortal Life.

² Even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him. ³ And the Immortal Life is this--to know thee the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent as thy Messenger.

³⁰ Then he led them out, and said: "What must I do to be saved?"

⁷ To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

²¹ In order than, just as Sin had reigned in the realm of Death, so, too, might Loving-kindness reign through righteousness, and result in Immortal Life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

²² But now that you have been set free from the control of Sin, and have become servants to God, the fruit that you reap is an ever-increasing holiness, and the end Immortal Life. ²³ The wages of Sin are Death, but the gift of God is Immortal Life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.

¹⁶ Yet mercy was shown me for the express purpose that Christ Jesus might exhibit in my case, beyond all others, his exhaustless patience, as an example for those who were afterwards to believe on him and attain Immortal Life.

¹² Run the great race of the Faith, and win the Immortal Life. It was for this that you received the Call, and, in the presence of many witnesses, made the great profession of Faith.

¹⁹ storing up for themselves what in the future will prove to be a good foundation, that they may gain the only true Life.

² and is based on the hope of Immortal Life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began,

⁷ that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving-kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of Immortal Life.

² That Life was made visible, and we have seen it, and now bear our testimony to it, and tell you of that Immortal Life, which was with the Father and was made visible to us.

²⁵ And this is what he himself promised us--The Immortal Life!

¹¹ And that testimony is that God gave us Immortal Life, and that this Life is in his Son. ¹² He who finds the Son finds Life; he who does not find the Son of God does not find Life. ¹³ I write this to you, that you may realize that you have found Immortal Life--you who believe in the Name of the Son of God.

²⁰ We realize, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the True God; and we are in union with the True God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the True God and he is Immortal Life.

²¹ and keep within the love of God, while waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, to bring you to Immortal Life.