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


In Context

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

16 And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.

17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

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

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

20 "Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."

Mark 10:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is,] God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:18And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, even God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? no one is good but one, that is God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, even God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good, but one, that is God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18Jesus said to him, |Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18And 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

10:18And Jesus said to him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.