Verse 19
Luke 18:19
Geneva Bible
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And Iesus said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, saue one, euen God (Elohim).
Original Language Text
greek
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός.
English Translation
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one, God.”
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 18 Context
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And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to wax...
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Saying, There was a iudge in a certaine citie, which feared not God (Elohim), neither reuereced man.
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And there was a widowe in that citie, which came vnto him, saying, Doe mee iustice against mine adue...
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And hee would not of a long time: but afterward he said with himselfe, Though I feare not God (Elohi...
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Yet because this widowe troubleth mee, I will doe her right, lest at the last shee come and make me...
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And the Lord said, Heare what the vnrighteous iudge saith.
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Now shall not God (Elohim) auenge his elect, which cry day and night vnto him, yea, though he suffer...
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I tell you he will auenge them quickly: but when the Sonne of man commeth, shall he finde faith on t...
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He spake also this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were iust, and despis...
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Two men went vp into the Temple to pray: the one a Pharise, and the other a Publican.
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The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God (Elohim), I thanke thee that I am not as oth...
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I fast twise in the weeke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse.
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But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote h...
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I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exal...
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They brought vnto him also babes that he should touche them. And when his disciples sawe it, they re...
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But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Suffer the babes to come vnto mee, and forbid them not: fo...
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Verely I say vnto you, whosoeuer receiueth not the kingdome of God (Elohim) as a babe, he shall not...
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Then a certaine ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what ought I to doe, to inherite eternall life...
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And Iesus said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, saue one, euen God (Elohim).
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Thou knowest the comandements, Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not...
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And hee saide, All these haue I kept from my youth.
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Nowe when Iesus heard that, he saide vnto him, Yet lackest thou one thing. Sell all that euer thou h...
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But when he heard those things, he was very heauie: for he was marueilous riche.
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And when Iesus sawe him very sorowfull, he said, With what difficultie shall they that haue riches,...
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Surely it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye, then for a riche man to enter into the...
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Then said they that heard it, And who then can be saued?
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And he said, The things which are vnpossible with men, are possible with God (Elohim).
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Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and haue followed thee.
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And he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or b...
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Which shall not receiue much more in this world, and in the world to come life euerlasting.
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Then Iesus tooke vnto him ye twelue, and said vnto them, Beholde, we goe vp to Hierusalem, and all t...
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For he shall be deliuered vnto the Gentiles, and shalbe mocked, and shalbe spitefully entreated, and...
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And when they haue scourged him, they will put him to death: but the thirde day hee shall rise again...
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But they vnderstood none of these things, and this saying was hidde from them, neither perceiued the...
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And it came to passe, that as he was come neere vnto Iericho, a certaine blinde man sate by the way...
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And when he heard the people passe by, he asked what it meant.
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And they saide vnto him, that Iesus of Nazareth passed by.
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Then hee cried, saying, Iesus the Sonne of Dauid, haue mercie on me.
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And they which went before, rebuked him that he shoulde holde his peace, but he cried much more, O S...
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And Iesus stoode stil, and commanded him to be brought vnto him. And when he was come neere, he aske...
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Saying, What wilt thou that I doe vnto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receiue my sight.
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And Iesus said vnto him, Receiue thy sight: thy faith hath saued thee.
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Then immediatly he receiued his sight, and followed him, praysing God (Elohim): and all the people,...
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