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He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
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God is the Standard of Good
When Jesus redirects the question about goodness, He isn't denying His own divinity. Commentators explain He is challenging the man's shallow understanding. The man used 'good' as a casual compliment, but Jesus forces him to confront the reality that absolute goodness belongs to God alone. This pushes us beyond superficial flattery to recognize the ultimate standard of goodness is God Himself.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Why do you call me good? Why do you give to me a title that belongs only to God? You suppose me to be only a man, yet you give me…
Concerning that which is good (περ του αγαθου). He had asked Jesus in verse 16 "what good thing" he should do. He evidently had a …
19th Century
Anglican
Why callest thou me good? — Here again, the older manuscripts give a different form to our Lord’s answer: Why do you ask Me concerning…
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Baptist
And he said to him, Why do you call me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you want to enter into life, keep the commandment…
A certain man—identified by all three evangelists as rich, by Matthew (v.20) as young, and by Luke (18:18) as a ruler—asks Jesus what he must do to…
16th Century
Protestant
Why callest thou me good? I do not understand this correction in so refined a sense as many interpreters give it, as if Christ intended to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said unto him By way of reply, first taking notice of, and questioning him about, the epithet he gave him:
Christ knew that covetousness was the sin which most easily beset this young man. Although he had obtained honestly what he possessed, he still cou…
13th Century
Catholic
In this passage, it was shown how one comes to eternal life by the common way. Here, He teaches how one comes by the way of perfection. This way of…
