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There is <i>only</i> One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span><i>Then</i> he said to Him, Which ones? And Jesus said, Y<font size="1">OU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER</font>; Y<font size="1">OU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY</font>; Y<font size="1">OU SHALL NOT STEAL</font>; Y<font size="1">OU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS</font>; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>H<font size="1">ONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER</font>; and Y<font size="1">OU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF</font>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>The young man said to Him, All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Jesus said to him, If you wish to be complete, go <i>and</i> sell your possessions and give to <i>the</i> poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>And Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>When the disciples heard <i>this,</i> they were very astonished and said, Then who can be saved? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>And looking at <i>them</i> Jesus said to them, With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Disciples Reward</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>Then Peter said to Him, Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My names sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/19-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>But many <i>who are</i> first will be last; and <i>the</i> last, first. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/matthew/19.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And behold, one came to him and said, Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"Teacher," said one man, coming up to Him, "what that is good shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And lo, one having come near, said to him, 'Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_requirements_of_the_king.htm">The Requirements of the King</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And, behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17. And He said unto him, Why callest thou Me good? there is none good but One, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18. He saith unto Him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19. Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_requirements_of_the_king.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xxxiv_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xix. 17, "If Thou Wouldest Enter into Life, Keep the Commandments. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. The Lord said to a certain young man, "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." [2792] He did not say, "If thou wilt enter into life eternal," but "If thou wilt enter into life;" laying down that as life, which is to be life eternal. Let us first then set forth the value of the love of this life. For even this present life, under whatever circumstances, is loved; and men fear and dread to end it of whatever kind it be; however full of trouble and misery. Hence may we see, hence consider, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xxxiv_on_the_words.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">sermons on selected lessons of the new testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xxxvi_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xix. 21,"Go, Sell that Thou Hast, and Give to the Poor," Etc. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. The Gospel by the present lesson has reminded me to speak to you, Beloved, of the heavenly treasure. For our God hath not, as unbelieving covetous men suppose, wished us to lose what we have: if what hath been enjoined us be properly understood, and piously believed, and devoutly received; He hath not enjoined us to lose, but rather shown a place where we may lay up. For no man can help thinking of his treasure, and following his riches in a kind of journeying of the heart. If then they are buried <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xxxvi_on_the_words.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">sermons on selected lessons of the new testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xix_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xix. 28, "Come unto Me, all Ye that Labour and are Heavy Laden," Etc. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. We heard in the Gospel that the Lord, rejoicing greatly in Spirit, said unto God the Father, "I confess to Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight. All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him." [2306] I have <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xix_on_the_words.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">sermons on selected lessons of the new testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_108_on_riches.htm">On Riches</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Matthew 19:24. 1. In the preceding verses we have an account of a young man who came running to our Lord, and kneeling down, not in hypocrisy, but in deep earnestness of soul, and said unto him, "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" "All the commandments," saith he, "I have kept from my youth: What lack I yet?" Probably he had kept them in the literal <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_108_on_riches.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Wesley—</span><span class="citation2">Sermons on Several Occasions</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/love_thy_neighbour.htm">Love Thy Neighbour</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I shall notice, first of all, the command; secondly, I shall try and bring some reasons for your obedience to it; and afterwards, I shall draw some suggestions from the law itself. I. First, then, THE COMMAND. It is the second great commandment. The first is, "Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God," and there, the proper standard is, thou shalt love thy God more than thyself. The second commandment is, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour," and the standard there is a little lower, but still preeminently high, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_3_1857/love_thy_neighbour.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_first_last_and_the.htm">The First Last, and the Last First</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first."--Matthew 19:30. "So the last shall be first, and the first last."--Matthew 20:16. WE MUST BE SAVED if we would serve the Lord. We cannot serve God in an unsaved condition. "They that are in the flesh cannot please God." It is vain for them to attempt service while they are still at enmity against God. The Lord wants not enemies to wait upon him, nor slaves to grace his throne. We must be saved first; and salvation is all of grace. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_37_1891/the_first_last_and_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken_sermons/the_way.htm">The Way. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">If thou wouldest be perfect.'--ST. MATTHEW xix 21. For reasons many and profound, amongst the least because of the fragmentary nature of the records, he who would read them without the candle of the Lord--that is, the light of truth in his inward parts-- must not merely fall into a thousand errors--a thing for such a one of less moment--but must fail utterly of perceiving and understanding the life therein struggling to reveal itself--the life, that is, of the Son of Man, the thought, the feeling, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken_sermons/the_way.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">George MacDonald—</span><span class="citation2">Unspoken Sermons</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/a_treatise_on_good_works/the_treatise.htm">A Treatise on Good Works</a><br></span><span class="snippet">I. We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden. Therefore whoever wishes to know and to do good works needs nothing else than to know God's commandments. Thus Christ says, Matthew xix, "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." And when the young man asks Him, Matthew xix, what he shall do that he may inherit eternal life, Christ sets before him naught else but the Ten Commandments. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/luther/a_treatise_on_good_works/the_treatise.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Dr. Martin Luther—</span><span class="citation2">A Treatise on Good Works</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xcviii_journey_to_jerusalem_concerning.htm">Journey to Jerusalem. Concerning Divorce. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">^A Matt. XIX. 1-12; ^B Mark X. 1-12. ^a 1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words [the words contained in Matt. xviii., which are the last teachings in Galilee recorded by any of the Evangelists, p. 435 and p. 439 he departed from Galilee [Having come into the borders of it again from Ephraim. It seems likely that Matthew takes in at one view both departures from Galilee, viz.: that mentioned on p. 441 and that at [4]Sec. XCV., for Matthew records none of the intervening events and <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xcviii_journey_to_jerusalem_concerning.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xcix_blessing_children_concerning_childlikeness.htm">Blessing Children. Concerning Childlikeness. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(in Peræa.) ^A Matt. XIX. 13-15; ^B Mark X. 13-16; ^C Luke XVIII. 15-17. ^a 13 Then were there brought ^b 13 And they were bringing ^a unto him little children, { ^c also their babes,} that he should touch them: ^a that he should lay his hands on them, and pray [According to Buxtorf, children were often brought to the presidents of the synagogue in order that they might pray over them. The prayers of a good man in our behalf have always been regarded as a blessing; no wonder, then, that the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/xcix_blessing_children_concerning_childlikeness.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. 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