Luke 18:18
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The Rich Official. 18 (A)An official asked him this question, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”(B)
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Matthew 19:16
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16 (A)Now someone approached him and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?”[a]
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- 19:16 Gain eternal life: this is equivalent to “entering into life” (Mt 19:17) and “being saved” (Mt 19:25); the life is that of the new age after the final judgment (see Mt 25:46). It probably is also equivalent here to “entering the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 19:23) or “the kingdom of God” (Mt 19:24), but see notes on Mt 3:2; 4:17; 18:1 for the wider reference of the kingdom in Matthew.
Mark 10:17
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The Rich Man. 17 (A)As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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