Mark 10:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? There is no one [essentially and perfectly morally] good–except God alone.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, even God.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Jesus replied, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except the one God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But Jesus said to him, "Why call me good? No one is good except the one God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God.

Mark 10:18 Cross References

Psalm 119:68

You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.

Matthew 19:17

And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Mark 10:17

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not defraud. Honor your father and mother.’ ”

Luke 18:19

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

Romans 3:12

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness; there is not even one.”

James 1:17

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

1 John 4:16

So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 Samuel 2:2

There is no Holy One like the Lord, no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.