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Jesus implied that he was God in Mark 10:18

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Mark 10:
17 As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do so that I may inherit eternal life?” 18 But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
Let's analyze this according to first-order logic. The following is Jesus' logical process:
If you are not God, then you are not good. By contrapositive,
⇒ If you are good, then you are God. —P1

Jesus declares in John 10:
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Jesus said that he was good. —P2

P1: If you are good, then you are God.
P2: Jesus is good.

Therefore, Jesus is God. At least that was Jesus' implication in Mark 10:18.
 

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I wouldn't use John10:11 to make this comparison; "good" in this verse is a different Greek word than in Mark10:18 and both Greek words are used widely in the Text. The word used in Mark10:18 is used 102 times in the NC Writings and at quick glance not exclusively re: God.
 
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