Matthew 19:16
Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
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15He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
Cross References
Daniel 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Matthew 19:26Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 25:46These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Luke 10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
John 3:15that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 5:39“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:14-16
Christ's Tenderness to Children. 13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. We have here the welcome which Christ gave to some little children that were brought to him. Observe, I. The faith of those that brought them. How many they were, that were… Read the whole commentary →