Luke 18:19
And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
18And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I do to possess everlasting life?
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?
Job 25:4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
Luke 11:13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?
Hebrews 7:26For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made 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 →