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Luke 18:19
Luke 18:19 is verse 19 of Luke chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
King James Version
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
World English Bible
Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one: God.
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Luke 18:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
18 Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
21 “All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 1:35The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Job 15:15If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
1 Timothy 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.