Luke 18:19

19 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.

Luke 18:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 18:19

And Jesus said unto him
In answer to his question, beginning with the character he gave him:

why callest thou me good?
it being unusual to address men, even their Rabbins, under such a title:

none is good, save one, [that is], God:
or "but God alone"; as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; or, "but the one God", as read the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; (See Gill on Matthew 19:17).

Luke 18:19 In-Context

17 Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it."

18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, [by] doing what will I inherit eternal life?"

19 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one [is] good except God alone.

20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'"

21 And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth."