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Selected Verse: Luke 18:19 - Strong Concordance
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| Lu 18:19 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Why [5101] callest thou [3004] me [3165] good [18]? none [3762] is good [18], save [1508] one [1520], that is, God [2316]. |
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King James |
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE RICH YOUNG RULER AND DISCOURSE THEREON. (Luk 18:18-30)
Why, &c.--Did our Lord mean then to teach that God only ought to be called "good?" Impossible, for that had been to contradict all Scripture teaching, and His own, too (Psa 112:5; Mat 25:21; Tit 1:8). Unless therefore we are to ascribe captiousness to our Lord, He could have had but one object--to raise the youth's ideas of Himself, as not to be classed merely with other "good masters," and declining to receive this title apart from the "One" who is essentially and only "good." This indeed is but distantly hinted; but unless this is seen in the background of our Lord's words, nothing worthy of Him can be made out of them. (Hence, Socinianism, instead of having any support here, is only baffled by it). |
8 But [235] a lover of hospitality [5382], a lover of good men [5358], sober [4998], just [1342], holy [3741], temperate [1468];
21 [1161] His [846] lord [2962] said [5346] unto him [846], Well done [2095], thou good [18] and [2532] faithful [4103] servant [1401]: thou hast been [2258] faithful [4103] over [1909] a few things [3641], I will make [2525] thee [4571] ruler [2525] over [1909] many things [4183]: enter thou [1525] into [1519] the joy [5479] of thy [4675] lord [2962].
5 A good [02896] man [0376] sheweth favour [02603], and lendeth [03867]: he will guide [03557] his affairs [01697] with discretion [04941].
18 And [2532] a certain [5100] ruler [758] asked [1905] him [846], saying [3004], Good [18] Master [1320], what [5101] shall I do [4160] to inherit [2816] eternal [166] life [2222]?
19 And [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Why [5101] callest thou [3004] me [3165] good [18]? none [3762] is good [18], save [1508] one [1520], that is, God [2316].
20 Thou knowest [1492] the commandments [1785], Do [3431] not [3361] commit adultery [3431], Do [5407] not [3361] kill [5407], Do [2813] not [3361] steal [2813], Do [5576] not [3361] bear false witness [5576], Honour [5091] thy [4675] father [3962] and [2532] thy [4675] mother [3384].
21 And [1161] he said [2036], All [3956] these [5023] have I kept [5442] from [1537] my [3450] youth [3503] up.
22 Now [1161] when Jesus [2424] heard [191] these things [5023], he said [2036] unto him [846], Yet [2089] lackest [3007] thou [4671] one [1520] thing: sell [4453] all [3956] that [3745] thou hast [2192], and [2532] distribute [1239] unto the poor [4434], and [2532] thou shalt have [2192] treasure [2344] in [1722] heaven [3772]: and [2532] come [1204], follow [190] me [3427].
23 And [1161] when he heard [191] this [5023], he was [1096] very sorrowful [4036]: for [1063] he was [2258] very [4970] rich [4145].
24 And [1161] when Jesus [2424] saw [1492] that he [846] was [1096] very sorrowful [4036], he said [2036], How [4459] hardly [1423] shall they [1525] that have [2192] riches [5536] enter [1525] into [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316]!
25 For [1063] it is [2076] easier [2123] for a camel [2574] to go [1525] through [1223] a needle's [4476] eye [5168], than [2228] for a rich man [4145] to enter [1525] into [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
26 And [1161] they that heard [191] it said [2036], Who [5101] then [2532] can be [1410] saved [4982]?
27 And [1161] he said [2036], The things which are impossible [102] with [3844] men [444] are [2076] possible [1415] with [3844] God [2316].
28 Then [1161] Peter [4074] said [2036], Lo [2400], we [2249] have left [863] all [3956], and [2532] followed [190] thee [4671].
29 And [1161] he said [2036] unto them [846], Verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], [3754] There is [2076] no man [3762] that [3739] hath left [863] house [3614], or [2228] parents [1118], or [2228] brethren [80], or [2228] wife [1135], or [2228] children [5043], for [1752] the kingdom [932] of God's [2316] sake [1752],
30 Who [3739] shall [618] not [3364] receive [618] manifold more [4179] in [1722] this [5129] present time [2540], and [2532] in [1722] the world [165] to come [2064] life [2222] everlasting [166].