Luke 18:19

19 "Why do you call me good?" replied Jesus; "there is no one good but One, namely God.

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 I tell you in solemn truth that, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will certainly not enter it."

18 The question was put to Him by a Ruler: "Good Rabbi, what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

19 "Why do you call me good?" replied Jesus; "there is no one good but One, namely God.

20 You know the Commandments: `Do not commit adultery;' `Do not murder;' `Do not steal;' `Do not lie in giving evidence;' `Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

21 "All of those," he replied, "I have kept from my youth."