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Source language
Original Greek   
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
eipen de auto o Iesous* Ti me legeis agathon; oudeis agathos ei me eis o theos.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
dixit autem ei Iesus quid me dicis bonum nemo bonus nisi solus Deus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And Jesus said to him, Why call you me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And Jesus said unto him, Why call me good? none is good, except one, that is, God.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
New King James Version   
So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.
21st Century King James Version   
And Jesus said unto him, “Why callest thou Me good? None is good save One, that is, God.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Yeshua said to him, “Why do you call me good? There is no one good except the one God.”
Darby Bible Translation   
But Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, even God.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
God's Word   
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
"Why do you call Me good?" Jesus asked him. "No one is good but One--God.
International Standard Version   
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one—God.
NET Bible   
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
New American Standard Bible   
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
New International Version   
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.
New Living Translation   
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Only God is truly good.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God.
Weymouth New Testament   
"Why do you call me good?" replied Jesus; "there is no one good but One, namely God.
The World English Bible   
Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus asked him, ‘Why do you say that I am good? Only God is good. Nobody else.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good, except One -- God;
New Life Version   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? There is only One Who is good. That is God.
Revised Geneva Translation   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One - God.
The Voice Bible   
Jesus: Why did you just call Me good? No one is good but God—only God.
Living Bible   
“Do you realize what you are saying when you call me ‘good’?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good, and no one else.
New Catholic Bible   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And Jesus said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? No one is good except one, that is, God.
Christian Standard Bible   
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? No one is [essentially and perfectly morally] good—except God only.
New Century Version   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? Only God is good.
The Message   
Jesus said, “Why are you calling me good? No one is good—only God. You know the commandments, don’t you? No illicit sex, no killing, no stealing, no lying, honor your father and mother.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And Jesus said to him, · “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—· God.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
New Matthew Bible   
Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? None is good, save God only.
Good News Translation®   
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone.
Wycliffe Bible   
And Jesus said to him, What sayest thou me good? No man is good, but God alone.
New Testament for Everyone   
“Why call me good?” said Jesus to him. “No one is good except God alone.
Contemporary English Version   
Jesus said, “Why do you call me good? Only God is good.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“I wonder why you call me good?” returned Jesus. “No one is good—only the one God. You know the commandments—‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honour your father and your mother’”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Jesus replied, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except the one God.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is [essentially and morally] good except God alone.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
New American Standard Bible   
But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
The Expanded Bible   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? ·Only God is good [L No one is good except one—God; C Jesus is not denying his own divinity, but is challenging the man’s understanding of goodness].
Tree of Life Version   
“Why are you calling Me good?” Yeshua said to him. “No one is good except One—that is God.
Revised Standard Version   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
New International Reader's Version   
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good except God.
BRG Bible   
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Yeshua said to him, “Why are you calling me good? No one is good but God!
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Jesus answered him, `Why do you call me good? Only one is good, and that is God.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to him, Why do you call me tov? No one is tov except Hashem alone, nu?
Names of God Bible   
Yeshua said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God.
Modern English Version   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good, except God alone.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? Only God is good.
International Children’s Bible   
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? Only God is good.
Lexham English Bible   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
New International Version - UK   
‘Why do you call me good?’ Jesus answered. ‘No one is good – except God alone.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One— God.