Mark 10:18
Good News Translation
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "No one is good except God alone.

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "Why do you call me good? Only God is good.

New American Bible
Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God.

Why.

Matthew 19:17 Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Luke 18:19 And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.

John 5:41-44 I receive not glory from men. . . .

Romans 3:12 All have turned out of the way: they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

that is.

1 Samuel 2:2 There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, and there is none strong like our God.

Psalm 36:7,8 O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the cover of thy wings. . . .

Psalm 86:5 For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.

Psalm 119:68 Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.

James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.

1 John 4:8,16 He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is charity. . . .

Context
The Rich Young Man
17And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do that I may receive life everlasting? 18And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God. 19Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, bear not false witness, do no fraud, honour thy father and mother.…
Cross References
Psalm 145:9
The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Mark 10:17
And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do that I may receive life everlasting?

Mark 10:19
Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, bear not false witness, do no fraud, honour thy father and mother.

Mark 10:17
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