Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 104
104 " criticism by the Promised Messiah (peace and the blessings be on him). As an instance in point, this very incident now finds mention in St. Matthew in the following words: "Why dost thou ask me about goodness, for, only one is good,. While in all the editions published in England and in the. Urdu versions published before 1910, the Messiah (peace be on him) is reported to have said "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is God. " The Promised. Messiah (peace and the blessings be on him) had raised the point that it was claimed that the Messiah (peace be on him) was the Son of God and, therefore, offered atonement, but the above quotation disproved the claim, for, he denied that he was good and since he was not Divine, he could not offer atonement. In other words, the doctrine of atonement was repudiated, and on the contrary the doctrine of the Unity of. God was confirmed. Christians, seeing no other way out, substituted the text with the following words in the subsequent. Urdu editions of the New Testament: "Why thou dost ask me about goodness? there is only one good. " In other words, it is purported to show that the Messiah (peace be on him) objected to his asking him about goodness, since God alone was good. But all the English, Greek and German language editions of the New Testament as also the old Urdu editions carry the words: "Why callest thou me good, there is none good but one, that is God. " There are some seventeen to eighteen similar changes Christians have made under the pressure of the criticism by the Promised Messiah (peace and the blessings be on him). The truth of the matter, however, is that the questioner asked "Good Master, what shall I do that. I mayinherit eternal life?" and Jesus (peace be on him) answered back "Why callest thou me good: there is none good but one that is God.