Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but 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.
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.
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 Then a ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what am I to do to inherit life eternal?" 19 Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God. 20 You know the commands: do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honour your father and mother."
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 1:35
The angel answered her, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Most High will overshadow you; hence what is born will be called holy, Son of God.
Luke 11:13
Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father give the holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask him?"
1 Timothy 3:16
And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? ??it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."
Hebrews 7:26
Such was the high priest for us, saintly, innocent, unstained, lifted high above the heavens, far from all contact with the sinful,
James 1:17
all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.