19"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.


In Context

16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

17 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

18 A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

19 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.

20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.' "

21 "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.

Luke 18:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:19And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none [is] good, save one, [that is,] God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:19And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:19And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:19And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19Jesus asked him, |Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:19And Jesus said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one is good, except One — God;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:19And Jesus said to him, Why call you me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.