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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, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good but One—God.

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, “Why do you call Me good? No one is [essentially and morally] good except God alone.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

Why
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

callest thou
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

me
μέ 
me 
me, I, my, not tr
Usage: 122

G18
ἀγαθός 
Agathos 
Usage: 70

οὐδείς 
Oudeis 
Usage: 160

is good
G18
ἀγαθός 
Agathos 
Usage: 70

εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

one
εἷς 
heis 
one, a, other, some, not tr,
Usage: 188

Devotionals

Devotionals about Luke 18:19

References

Fausets

Hastings

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.


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.

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