The Rich Young Man
Matthew 19:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
- KJV
- ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
- WEB
- Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
- ASV
- And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
- LSV
- And behold, one having come near, said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing will I do that I may have continuous life?”
- YLT
- And lo, one having come near, said to him, 'Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'
- DBY
- And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?
- DRC
- And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?
- GNV
- And beholde, one came and sayd vnto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I doe, that I may haue eternall life?
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἀγαθέ (“good”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read σχῶ (“I may have”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔχω (“I may have”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place αὐτῷ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: αὐτῷ εἶπεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτῷ εἶπεν; Robinson–Pierpont read εἶπεν αὐτῷ.
- SBLGNT: Διδάσκαλε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Διδάσκαλε; Robinson–Pierpont add ἀγαθέ.
- SBLGNT: σχῶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σχῶ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔχω.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Καὶ ἰδοὺ εἷς προσελθὼν αὐτῷ εἶπεν· Διδάσκαλε, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω ἵνα σχῶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἰδού, εἷς προσελθὼν εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω, ἵνα ἔχω ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἰδού, εἷς προσελθὼν εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω, ἵνα ἔχω ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
- SCR1894
- και ιδου εις προσελθων ειπεν αυτω διδασκαλε αγαθε τι αγαθον ποιησω ινα εχω ζωην αιωνιον
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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?” “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone. You know…
- John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- Luke 18:18–30Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do…
- Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
- Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- 1 John 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.
- 1 John 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.
- Acts 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- Matthew 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.
- 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- 1 Timothy 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 Timothy 6:19treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
- 1 John 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who…
- 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?” “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God…
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