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# Why do you call me good?

[Mark 10](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+10\&version=RSV)

> #### The Rich Man
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> 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 
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> 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? <mark style="color:red;">No one is good but God alone.</mark>

[Luke 18](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+18\&version=RSV)

> 18 And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”&#x20;
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> 19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? <mark style="color:red;">**No one is good but God alone.**</mark>

[Matthew 19](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rsv/rsv-idx?type=DIV1\&byte=4563978)

> **16** And, behold, one came and said unto him, *Good Master, <mark style="color:red;">what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?</mark>*\
> **17** And he said unto him, *<mark style="color:red;">Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.</mark>*