Luke 18:19
Then Jesus said to him: “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
In Context
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?
Job 25:4Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?
Luke 11:13Therefore, if you, being evil, know how to give good things to your sons, how much more will your Father give, from heaven, a spirit of goodness to those who ask him?”
Hebrews 7:26For it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:19-31
Riches a Spiritual Hindrance. 18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that… Read the whole commentary →