Mark 10:18 (YLT)

Passage

And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God;

Nearby Context

Mark 10:16 and having taken them in his arms, having put <FI>his<Fi> hands upon them, he was blessing them.

Mark 10:17 And as he is going forth into the way, one having run and having kneeled to him, was questioning him, `Good teacher, what may I do, that life age-during I may inherit?'

Mark 10:18 And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God;

Mark 10:19 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

Mark 10:20 And he answering said to him, `Teacher, all these did I keep from my youth.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "said", "dost", "thou", "call", "good", and "except". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And as he is going forth into..." into verse 19's "the commands thou hast known Thou mayest...", so "jesus" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.