Parallel Verses
Amplified
Jesus said to him,
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.
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
A certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially and morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”
Phrases
Cross References
Job 14:4
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
Job 15:14-16
“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Job 25:4
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Luke 1:35
Then the angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a cloud]; for that reason the holy (pure, sinless) Child shall be called the Son of God.
Luke 11:13
1 Timothy 3:16
And great, we confess, is the mystery [the hidden truth] of godliness:
Was justified and vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.
Hebrews 7:26
It was fitting for us to have such a High Priest [perfectly adapted to our needs], holy, blameless, unstained [by sin], separated from sinners and exalted higher than the heavens;
James 1:17
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow