Matthew 19:16
"Teacher," said one man, coming up to Him, "what that is good shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?"
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
15So He laid His hands upon them and went away.
Cross References
Matthew 19:26Jesus looked at them and said, "With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible."
Matthew 25:46"And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life of the Ages."
Luke 10:25Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"
John 3:15in order that every one who trusts in Him may have the Life of the Ages."
John 5:39"You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning 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 →