Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 10:18

"And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, [even] God." — Mark 10:18 (ASV)

Jesus’ reply seems unnecessarily abrupt. But we must remember that he was calling attention to the man’s unthinking use of language. Jesus was saying, as it were, “Before you address me with such a title, you had better think soberly about what the implications are, and especially what they are for you.”