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Luke 18:19

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18:19Jesus58 said to him, “Why do you call me good?59 No one is good except God alone.

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  1. 58 Grk “And Jesus.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  2. 59 Jesus’ response, Why do you call me good?, was designed to cause the ruler to stop and think for a moment about who Jesus really was. The following statement No one is good except God alone seems to point the man in the direction of Jesus’ essential nature and the demands which logically follow on the man for having said it.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.