Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, 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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only 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 questioned him, saying, Good teacher, having done what, will I inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God. 20 Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not give FALSE testimony. Honor thy father and thy mother.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
Job 15:14-16
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 25:4
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?
Luke 1:35
And having answered, the agent said to her, Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee. Therefore also the holy thing that is begotten will be called the Son of God.
Luke 11:13
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father from heaven will give Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of piety. God was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by heavenly agents, proclaimed among nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory.
Hebrews 7:26
For such a high priest is fitting for us, devout, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect endowment is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation nor shadow of turning.