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Mark 10:18

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10:18Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good?29 No one is good except God alone.

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  1. 29 Jesus’ response, Why do you call me good?, was designed to cause the young man 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.

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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. “Only God is truly good.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So 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? there is none good but one, that is, God.