Luke 18:19

"Why do you call me good?" replied Jesus; "there is no one good but One, namely God.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

18The question was put to Him by a Ruler: "Good Rabbi, what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

20You know the Commandments: `Do not commit adultery;' `Do not murder;' `Do not steal;' `Do not lie in giving evidence;' `Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

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Cross References

Luke 11:13If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"

Hebrews 7:26Moreover we needed just such a High Priest as this--holy, guileless, undefiled, far removed from sinful men and exalted above 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 →

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