Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.
New American Standard Bible
And Jesus said to him,
King James Version
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.
A Conservative Version
And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God.
American Standard Version
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.
Amplified
Jesus said to him,
An Understandable Version
Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me 'good'? No one is good except God only.
Anderson New Testament
And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? None is good but one, that is God.
Common New Testament
So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus replied, why do you call me good? there is but one who is good, that is God.
Darby Translation
But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God.
Godbey New Testament
And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is good, except One, God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself.
John Wesley New Testament
But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good?
Julia Smith Translation
And Jesus said to him, Why sayest thou me good? none good except the one God.
King James 2000
And Jesus said unto him, Why call me good? none is good, except one, that is, God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.
Modern King James verseion
And Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? None is good except One, God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jesus said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? None is good, save God only.
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.
Montgomery New Testament
"Why are you calling me 'good'?" said Jesus to him; "no one is good but God.
NET Bible
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
New Heart English Bible
Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one?God.
Noyes New Testament
And Jesus said to him, Why dost thou call me good? None is good but one, that is, God.
Sawyer New Testament
And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, God.
The Emphasized Bible
But Jesus said to him - Why, callest thou me, good? None, is good, save one - God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good, but one, even God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Why do you call me good?" answered Jesus. "No one is good but God.
Webster
And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God.
Weymouth New Testament
"Why do you call me good?" replied Jesus; "there is no one good but One, namely God.
Williams New Testament
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me perfectly good? No one is perfectly good but God Himself.
World English Bible
Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one -- God.
Worrell New Testament
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good, but One??od.
Worsley New Testament
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is God.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jesus said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one is good, except One -- God;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 18:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Rich Young Man
18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life? 19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God. 20 You have knowledge of what the law says: Do not be untrue to your wife, Do not put anyone to death, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Give honour to your father and mother.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 14:4
If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
Job 25:4
How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
Luke 1:35
And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.
Luke 11:13
If, then, you who are evil are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who make request to him?
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Hebrews 7:26
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
James 1:17
Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.