Mark 10:18

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God.

And {G1161} Jesus {G2424} said {G2036} unto him {G846}, Why {G5101} callest thou {G3004} me {G3165} good {G18}? there is none {G3762} good {G18} but {G1508} one {G1520}, that is, God {G2316}.

Yeshua said to him, "Why are you calling me good? No one is good except God!

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.

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

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 19:17 (15 votes)

    And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

  • Luke 18:19 (15 votes)

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

  • 1 John 4:16 (7 votes)

    And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

  • 1 Samuel 2:2 (7 votes)

    [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.

  • Romans 3:12 (7 votes)

    They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • John 5:41 (5 votes)

    I receive not honour from men.

  • John 5:44 (5 votes)

    How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?