Mat 19:17 | RWP | e4.org | Concerning that which is good ( περ του αγαθου ). He had asked Jesus in verse "what good thing" he should do. He evidently had a light idea of the meaning of αγαθος . "This was only a teacher's way of leading on a pupil" (Bruce). So Jesus explains that "One there is who is good," one alone who is really good in the absolute sense.

‏ Matthew 19:17

Concerning that which is good ( περ του αγαθου ). He had asked Jesus in verse 16 "what good thing" he should do. He evidently had a light idea of the meaning of αγαθος. "This was only a teacher's way of leading on a pupil" (Bruce). So Jesus explains that "One there is who is good," one alone who is really good in the absolute sense.