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Mark 10:18
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“Why do you call me good?”
And Iesus said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? There is no man good, but one, that is God.
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
But Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is [essentially] good [by nature] except God alone.
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
"Why do you call Me good?" Jesus replied. "No one is good except God alone.
Jesus replied, "Why do you call me good? Only God is good.
Yeshua said to him, "Why are you calling me good? No one is good except God!
But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? no one is good but one, [that is] God.
Jesus answered, "Why do you call me good? Only God is good.
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Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? There is no one who is good, except the one God.
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "No one is good except God alone.
So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
But Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One, God.
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, even God.
And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.
Yeshua said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one -- God.
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? Nobody is good except for one - God.
Jeshu said to him, Why callest thou me good ? none is good but one, Aloha.
Jesus saith to him: Why callest thou me good? There is none good, but one, God.
Iesus sayde vnto hym: Why callest thou me good? There is no man good but one, which is God.
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, even God.
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one -- God.
But Jesus saith to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God.
"Why do you call me good?" asked Jesus in reply; "there is no one truly good except One--that is, God.
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And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? none is good save one, [even] God.
And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good, but one, [that is] God.
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked. "Only God is truly good.
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? There is only One Who is good. That is God.
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
And, Jesus, said unto him - Why callest thou me, good? None, is good, save one - God.
And Jesus said to him: Why callest thou me good? None is good but one, that is God.
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
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But Iesus saide vnto him: Why callest thou me good? There is no man good, but God onely,
Jesus said to him, why do you call me good? there is but one, who is good, that is God.
Jesus said, "Why are you calling me good? No one is good, only God. You know the commandments: Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't lie, don't cheat, honor your father and mother."
Jesus pulled up and asked, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God himself. Besides that,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Why: Matthew 19:17, Luke 18:19, John 5:41-44, Romans 3:12
that is: 1 Samuel 2:2, Psalms 36:7, Psalms 36:8, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 119:68, James 1:17, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:16
Reciprocal: Luke 18:20 - knowest Romans 3:10 - none
Cross-References
He was also the father of the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
From Mount Hor it will go to Lebo Hamath, and on to Zedad.
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer.
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and put them in the cities of Samaria to replace the Israelites. These people took over Samaria and lived in the cities.
The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth their god. The people from Cuthah worshiped Nergal. The people of Hamath worshiped Ashima.
Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim and said, "Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me!
The city Calno is like the city Carchemish. The city Hamath is like the city Arpad. The city Samaria is like the city Damascus.
Men from Sidon and Arvad used oars to row you. Tyre, your skilled men were the sailors on your deck.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Jesus said unto him,.... The same as in Mt. 19:17,
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Why callest thou me good? This is said, not as denying that he was good, or as being angry with him for calling him so, but in order to lead this young man to a true knowledge of him, and his goodness, and even of his proper deity:
there is none good, but one, [that is], God; some render it, "but one God", as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; and so the words are a proof of the unity of the divine being, and agree with Deuteronomy 6:4, but are not to be understood to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit, who, with the Father, are the one God: nor do these words at all militate against the deity of Christ, or prove that he is not God, as the Jew objects a; seeing this is not to be understood of the person of the Father, in opposition to the Son and Spirit, who are equally good: nor does Christ, in these words, deny himself to be God, but rather tacitly suggests it; since he is good in the same sense in which God is good: in Matthew it is added, "but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments", Matthew 19:17: this Christ said not as his sense, that the way to eternal life lies in keeping the commandments of the law; but he speaks in the language of the Pharisees, and of this man; and his view is, to bring him to a sense of the impossibility of obtaining eternal life by these things, as the sequel shows: wherefore the above Jew b has no reason to confront the followers of Jesus with this passage, as if it was a concession of his, that it is impossible any should be saved without keeping the commands of the law of Moses.
a R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, par. 2. c. 19. p. 408. b Ib.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 19:16-30.
Mark 10:17
Gone forth - From the place where he had been teaching.
Into the way - Into the road or path on his journey.
Running - Thus showing the intensity with which he desired to know the way of life. Zeal to know the way to be saved is proper, nor is it possible that it should be too intense if well directed. Nothing else is so important, and nothing demands, therefore, so much effort and haste.
Mark 10:19
Defraud not - Do not take away your neighborâs property by fraud or dishonesty. To âcheatâ or âdefraud,â supposes a covetous desire of a neighborâs property, and is usually attended with âfalsehoodâ or âfalse witnessâ against a neighbor in obtaining it. It is thus a violation of the ninth and tenth commandments; and our Saviour very properly, therefore, âcondensed the two,â and expressed their substance in this - not to defraud. It is, besides, expressly forbidden in Leviticus 19:13; âThou shalt not defraud thy neighbor.â
Mark 10:21
Jesus beholding him, loved him - What occurred afterward showed that the young man did not love the Saviour, or was not a true disciple; so that this expression denotes simply natural affection, or means that Jesus was pleased with his amiableness, his morality, and his âexternalâ regard for the law of God. At the same time, this was entirely consistent with deep sorrow that he would not give his heart to God, and with deep abhorrence of such a love of the world as to blind the mind to the beauty of true religion, and to lead to the rejection of the Messiah and the destruction of the soul.
One thing thou lackest - When the young man came to Jesus he asked him, âWhat lack I yet?â Matthew 19:20. This âquestionâ Mark has omitted, but he has retained the âanswer.â The answer means, there is âone thingâ yet wanting. Though all that you have said should be âtrue,â yet, to make the system complete, or to show that you âreallyâ are disposed to keep the commands of God, go and sell your property. See whether you love âGodâ more than you do your âwealth.â By doing that you will show that your love of God is supreme; that your obedience is not merely âexternalâ and âformal,â but âsincereâ and âreal;â the thing now âlackingâ will be made up.
Mark 10:24
Children - An expression of affection, perhaps also implying a reproof that their slowness of understanding was like that of children. When they should have seen at once the truth of what he said, they were slow to learn it. It became necessary, therefore, to ârepeatâ what he had said.
How hard - With how much difficulty.
Mark 10:26
Out of measure - Very much, or exceedingly. The Greek means no more than this.
Mark 10:30
An hundred-fold - One hundred times as much.
In this time - In this life. In the time that he forsakes all.
Houses ... - This cannot be taken literally, as promising a hundred times as many âmothers, sisters,â etc. It means, evidently, that the loss shall be a hundred times âcompensatedâ or made up; or that, in the possession of religion, we have a hundred times the âvalueâ of all we forsake. This consists in the pardon of sin, in the favor of God, in peace of conscience, in support in trials and in death, and in raising up âfriendsâ in the place of those who are left - âspiritual brethren, and sisters, and mothers,â etc. And this corresponds to the experience of all who ever became Christians. At the same time. it is true that godliness is profitable âfor all things,â having the promise of the life that is, as well as of that which is to come. See the notes at 1 Timothy 4:8. âThe favor of Godâ is the security for every blessing. Obedience to his law secures industry, temperance, chastity, economy, prudence, health, and the confidence of the world - all indispensable to success in life, and all connected. commonly, with success. Though the wicked âsometimesâ prosper, yet the âsurestâ way of prosperity is to fear God and keep his commandments. Thus will all âneededâ blessings descend on us âhere,â and âeternalâ blessings hereafter.
With persecutions - Persecutions, or the contempt of the world, and bodily sufferings on account of their religion, they âmustâ meet. Jesus did not conceal this; but he consoled them. He assured them that âamidâ these, or perhaps it should be rendered âafterâ these, they should find friends and comfort. It is well to bear trial if âGodâ be our Friend. With the promises of the Bible in our hand, we may hail persecutions, and thank God that, amid so many sorrows, he has furnished such abundant consolations.
