The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “you ask about what is good” (ἐρωτᾷς περὶ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ;) before One here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “is” (ἐστιν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “you say good no [one]” (λέγεις ἀγαθόν Οὐδεὶς) before good here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “except” (μὴ) before one here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “God If” (θεός. εἰ) before however here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).he saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himΤίtiWhyτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Why”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.WhyμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἐρωτᾷςerōtasto askἐρωτάω (erōtaō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to ask”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2065(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray.This verse uses “ask”.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαθοῦagathougoodἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “good”, the of-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.goodεἷςheis? there is noneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “? there is none”, the subject formG1520one.? there is noneἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαθόςagathosgoodἀγαθόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “good”, the subject formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.goodεἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.θέλειςtheleisthou wiltθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou wilt”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.thou wiltεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ζωὴνzōēnlifeζωή (zōē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.lifeεἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enterεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to enter”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.This verse uses “enter”.τήρησονtērēsonkeepτηρέω (tēreō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “keep”, a single actionG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.This verse uses “keep”.keepτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐντολάςentolascommandmentsἐντολή (entolē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “commandments”, the object formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.the commandments
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
λέγειςlegeiscallest thouλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “callest thou”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.ἀγαθόνagathongoodἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “good”, the of-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.Οὐδεὶςoudeis? there is noneοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “? there is none”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “none”.μὴmēnotμήnegative particle — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.θεόςtheosthat is, Godθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that is, God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.εἰeiifεἰconditional particle — “if”G1487if.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
And he said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One — God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'
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American Standard Version (1901)
And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
Young’s Literal Translation
And he said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One — God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'
World English Bible
He said to him, “ Why do you call me good ? No one is good but one , that is , God . But if you want to enter into life , keep the commandments .”
Darby Translation
And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
Douay-Rheims
Who said to him: Why asketh thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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