Luke
Luke 18:19
19“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | Τί | Ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| do you call | λέγεις | legeis | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| Me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| good | ἀγαθόν | agathon | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G18 good |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2424 Jesus |
| replied | Εἶπεν | Eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| No one | οὐδεὶς | oudeis | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3762 no one, none, nothing |
| good | ἀγαθὸς | agathos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G18 good |
| except | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| God | Θεός | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| alone | εἷς | heis | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1520 one |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 15:14–16 · James 1:17 · Hebrews 7:26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.