MAT 19:16 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object, magenta:vocative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And behold, one, having approached him, said, “Teacher, what good thing should I do in order that I might have eternal life?”

UST After that, a person came to Jesus! He asked, “Instructor, what is a good thing I can do so that I will live with God forever?”

BSB Just then a man came up to [Jesus] [and] inquired, “Teacher, what good [thing] must I do to obtain eternal life?”

MSB Just then a man came up to [Jesus] [and] inquired, “Good[fn] Teacher, what good [thing] must I do to obtain eternal life?”

BLB And behold, one having come to Him said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I might have eternal life?"

AICNT And behold, one came up to him and said,[fn] “Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

19:16, Later manuscripts add “Good.”

OEB A man came up to Jesus, and said, ‘Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?’

WEBBE Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

WMBB Behold, one came to him and said, “Good Rabbi, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

NET Now someone came up to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”

LSV And behold, one having come near, said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing will I do that I may have continuous life?”

FBV A man came to Jesus and asked him, “Teacher, what good things must I do to gain eternal life?”

TCNT And behold, a man came [fn]and said to him, “[fn]Good Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?”

19:16 and said to him ¦ to him and said CT

19:16 Good ¦ — CT

T4T As Jesus was walking along, a young man approached him and said to him, “Teacher, what good deeds must I do in order to live with God eternally?”

LEB ¶ And behold, someone came up to him and[fn] said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do so that I will have eternal life?”

19:16 *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb

BBE And one came to him and said, Master, what good thing have I to do, so that I may have eternal life?

Moff Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

Wymth "Teacher," said one man, coming up to Him, "what that is good shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?"

ASV And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

DRA And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?

YLT And lo, one having come near, said to him, 'Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?'

Drby And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?

RV And behold, one came to him and said, Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

SLT And, behold, one having come said to him, Good teacher, what good shall I do, that I might have eternal life?

Wbstr And behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

KJB-1769 ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

KJB-1611 ¶ And behold, one came and said vnto him, Good master, what good thing shall I do, that I may haue eternall life?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And beholde, one came, and sayde vnto hym: good maister, what good thyng shall I do, that I may haue eternall lyfe?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva And beholde, one came and sayd vnto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I doe, that I may haue eternall life?
(And behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? )

Cvdl And beholde, one came vnto him, and sayde: Good master, what good shal I do, yt I maye haue the euer lastinge life?
(And behold, one came unto him, and said: Good master, what good shall I do, it I may have the ever lastinge life?)

TNT And beholde one came and sayde vnto him: good master what good thinge shall I do that I maye have eternall lyfe?
(And behold one came and said unto him: good master what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? )

Wycl And lo! oon cam, and seide to hym, Good maister, what good schal Y do, that Y haue euerlastynge lijf?
(And lo! one came, and said to him, Good master, what good shall I do, that I have everlasting life?)

Luth Und siehe, einer trat zu ihm und sprach: Guter Meister, was soll ich Gutes tun, daß ich das ewige Leben möge haben?
(And see/look, one/a stepped to/for him and spoke: Good master, what/which should I goodness/good_(person) do/put, that I the eternal life may have?)

ClVg Et ecce unus accedens, ait illi: Magister bone, quid boni faciam ut habeam vitam æternam?[fn]
(And behold one approaching, he_said them: Teacher/Master bone, what good I_will_do as habeam life eternal? )

19.16 Et ecce unus. BED. Audierat ille similes parvulo condignos esse regno, vultque certius non per parabolas sed aperte exponi, quibus meritis vitam possit consequi. HIER. Iste adolescens et dives et superbus erat. Et secundum alium evangelistam eum non voto discentis sed tentantis interrogat.

19.16 And behold one. BED. Listenerat he/that_one similar parvulo condignos to_be kingdom, wantsque certius not/no through parables but openly exponi, to_whom merits life can consequi. HIER. Iste adolescens and dives and proud was. And after/second another evangelistm him not/no wish/forbid discentis but tentantis asks.

UGNT καὶ ἰδοὺ, εἷς προσελθὼν αὐτῷ εἶπεν, Διδάσκαλε, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω, ἵνα σχῶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον?
(kai idou, heis proselthōn autōi eipen, Didaskale, ti agathon poiaʸsō, hina sⱪō zōaʸn aiōnion?)

SBL-GNT Καὶ ἰδοὺ εἷς προσελθὼν ⸂αὐτῷ εἶπεν⸃· ⸀Διδάσκαλε, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω ἵνα ⸀σχῶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
(Kai idou heis proselthōn ⸂autōi eipen⸃; ⸀Didaskale, ti agathon poiaʸsō hina ⸀sⱪō zōaʸn aiōnion;)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἰδού, εἷς προσελθὼν εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω, ἵνα ἔχω ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
(Kai idou, heis proselthōn eipen autōi, Didaskale agathe, ti agathon poiaʸsō, hina eⱪō zōaʸn aiōnion;)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἰδού, [fn]εἷς προσελθὼν [fn]εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε [fn]ἀγαθέ, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω, ἵνα [fn]ἔχω ζωὴν αἰώνιον;
(Kai idou, heis proselthōn eipen autōi, Didaskale agathe, ti agathon poiaʸsō, hina eⱪō zōaʸn aiōnion; )

19:16 εις ¦ εις τις PCK

19:16 ειπεν αυτω ¦ αυτω ειπε CT

19:16 αγαθε ¦ — CT

19:16 εχω ¦ σχω CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 19:16–30: Jesus taught about entering the kingdom of heaven

In this section, a young man asked Jesus what he must do to get eternal life. Jesus gave him a standard answer, which was to obey God’s commands.

The young man apparently felt that this was not enough and asked what else he should do (19:20). Then Jesus told him to sell his possessions, give the money to the poor, and follow him. The young man was rich, and he was not willing to sell his things. So he left.

Jesus then used the rich young man as an example. He explained that riches make it difficult to enter the kingdom (19:23–24). The saying of a camel going through the eye of a needle was probably a well-known proverb about something impossible to do. Without God making it possible, neither a rich person nor anyone else is able to enter the kingdom (19:26).

Jesus also gave a promise that those whom he asked to leave their possessions and family behind to serve him would receive great rewards (19:29).

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The Rich Young Man (NIV)

A rich young man’s questions

There are parallel passages for this section in Mark 10:17–31 and Luke 18:18–30.

19:16a

Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired,

¶ Just then, a certain man came to Jesus and asked him,
¶ Then a young man approached Jesus and said,

Just then: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Just then literally means “look” or “see.” This word brings attention to the words that follow. If you have an expression in your language that someone uses when he wants to bring attention to something that he is about to say, you should use it here.

Here are some other ways to translate this word in its context:

And behold (ESV)

Then it happened that (JBP)

Many English versions do not translate this word here.

a man: The Greek word that the BSB translates as a man is more literally the word “one” (as in the RSV). In 19:22, Matthew called him a “young man.” So here most English versions translate it as a man.

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

a certain man

a young man

came up to Jesus: At the end of 19:15, Jesus began to travel. So the clause came up to Jesus probably means that the man met Jesus along the way.

This sentence starts a new section. So in some languages, it will be natural to mention the name of Jesus again. For example:

approached Jesus

19:16b

“Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

“Teacher, what good work must I do to get life that never ends?”
“Master, what good thing should I do so that I can live forever in the kingdom of heaven?”

Teacher: Here, the word Teacher refers to a religious teacher. It was a polite title for a Jewish man who had authority to teach the things about God. Use a title that is an appropriate way to address a religious teacher in your culture. It should not refer only to a school teacher.There is a textual issue here. Some Greek manuscripts add a word that means “good.” Only the KJV follows these manuscripts. It is recommended that you follow the majority of English versions and translate only “teacher.”

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

Sir

Master

what good thing must I do: The Greek word that the BSB translates as good thing is more literally just the adjective “good.” In this context it refers to deeds/activities that God considers good.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

what good must I do (REB)

I must do which good work

to obtain: The Greek word that the BSB translates as obtain means “have, obtain, possess.”

Here are some other ways to translate this word:

to possess (NJB)

to gain (REB)

to get (NIV)

eternal life: The word eternal refers to something that does not end. The phrase eternal life refers to life in God’s kingdom. This life continues forever.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

unending life

life that never ends

In some languages, it may be best to translate life as a verb. For example:

to live eternally/forever

so that God will cause me to live forever

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἰδού εἱς προσελθών αὐτῷ εἶπεν Διδάσκαλε τί ἀγαθόν ποιήσω ἵνα σχῶ ζωήν αἰώνιον)

The word behold draws the attention of the audience and asks them to listen carefully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express behold with a word or phrase that asks the audience to listen, or you could draw the audience’s attention in another way. Alternate translation: [take note] or [then]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

εἷς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἰδού εἱς προσελθών αὐτῷ εἶπεν Διδάσκαλε τί ἀγαθόν ποιήσω ἵνα σχῶ ζωήν αἰώνιον)

Matthew is using the number one as a noun to mean one person. Your language may use numbers in the same way. If not, you could translate this one with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [one man]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

σχῶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον

˱I˲_˓may˒_have (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἰδού εἱς προσελθών αὐτῷ εἶπεν Διδάσκαλε τί ἀγαθόν ποιήσω ἵνα σχῶ ζωήν αἰώνιον)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of life, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [I might live eternally]

Parallel MAT 19:16

Section 19:16–30: Jesus taught about entering the kingdom of heaven

19:16a

19:16b