complete verse (Luke 18:19)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 18:19:

  • Noongar: “Jesus asked him, ‘Why do you say I am ‘great’? No person is great, only God.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Yesus said: ‘Why do you say that I am a good person? There is no-one else who is good, only God alone.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Isa answered, he said, ‘Why do you say that I am good? No one is good except only God.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And Jesus answered, ‘Why do you say that my works are good, because there’s only one whose works are good, that is God.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Jesus said, ‘Why do you (sing.) say I am good? Because absolutely no one is good but God only.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Replying, Jesus said, ‘Don’t glibly classify someone as good, even me, but on the contrary try-to-understand first what is meant by ‘good’. For God alone is really good.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
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