Mark 10:18

So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, God.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Now as He was going out into the road, one came running up, and having knelt before Him, he asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

19You know the commandments: ‘ Do not commit adultery,’ ‘ Do not commit murder,’ ‘ Do not steal,’ ‘ Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘ Honor your father and your mother.’ ”

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Cross References

Matthew 19:17So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

John 5:41“I do not receive glory from men.

James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

1 John 4:16And we have come to know and believe the love which God has in us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 The Consummation of Love

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:18-32

A Hopeful Youth Falling Short of Heaven. 17 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? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. 19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. 20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I… Read the whole commentary →

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