Luke 18:19
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
KJV
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς θεός.
Greek NT
Dixit autem ei Jesus : Quid me dicis bonum ? nemo bonus nisi solus Deus.
Vulgate
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.
ASV
And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀγαθός
agathos
adjective · 102×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§9Jesus says: "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments" (Mt 19:17). In the versions of the Evangelists Mark and Luke the question is phrased in this way: "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone" (Mk 10:18; cf. Lk 18:19). Before answering the question, Jesus wishes the young man to ha…
Cross-references
- Heb 7:26 — For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Mark 10:18 — And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.