MARK 10:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. Good teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? — the rich young man's approach is enthusiastic (ran), respectful (fell on his knees), and addressed to Jesus with the unusual title good teacher. The question what must I do to inherit eternal life is the right question asked with the wrong framework: the doing assumption is the problem. Eternal life is an inheritance — you receive an inheritance, you do not earn it.
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