Matthew 19:16-19

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Jesus shows that keeping the commandments is not enough

¹⁶ Then it happened that a man came up to him and said, “Master what good thing must I do to secure eternal life?”

¹⁷ “I wonder why you ask me about what is good?” Jesus answered him. “Only one is good. But if you want to enter that life you must keep the commandments.”

^18-19 “Which ones?” he asked. “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ ‘Honour your father and your mother’, and ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself’,” replied Jesus.