Verse 18

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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 [There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.
• Luke 18:19 : 19 And Jesus said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good? none› [is] ‹good, save one,› [that is], ‹God.›
• Matt 19:17 : 17 And he said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good?› [there is] ‹none good but one,› [that is], ‹God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.›
• John 5:41-44 : 41 ‹I receive not honour from men.› 42 ‹But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.› 43 ‹I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.› 44 ‹How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that› [cometh] ‹from God only?›
• Rom 3:12 : 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• 1 John 4:8 : 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
• 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
• Ps 36:7-8 : 7 How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
• Ps 119:68 : 68 ¶ Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.