Mark 10:16-18

Amplified Bible

¹⁶ And He took the children [one by one] in His arms and ^[a]blessed them [with kind, encouraging words], placing His hands on them.

The Rich Young Ruler

¹⁷ As He was leaving on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially good and morally perfect], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”^{(A) 18} Jesus said to him, “^[b]Why do you call Me good? No one is [essentially] good [by nature] except God alone.