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.

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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.”(A)

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17 So He said to him, [a]“Why do you call Me good? [b]No one is (A)good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, (B)keep the commandments.”

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  1. Matthew 19:17 NU Why do you ask Me about what is good?
  2. Matthew 19:17 NU There is One who is good. But

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

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Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 10:5 Lev. 18:5

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, (A)“The man who does those things shall live by them.”

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12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

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12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 3:12 Lev. 18:5

12 Yet (A)the law is not of faith, but (B)“the man who does them shall live by them.”

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