Select the correctly punctuated sentence:

A) He said, "There but for the grace of God go I."
B) He said "There but for the grace of God go I."
C) He said, "There but for the grace of God go I".
D) He said "There but for the grace of God go I".
My answer is A but I think B would work not sure if a punctuation is need here: "He said,"

A is correct.

A comma is needed after said.

The correct punctuated sentence is A) He said, "There but for the grace of God go I."

Explanation: In this sentence, quotation marks are used to enclose a direct quotation ("There but for the grace of God go I"). When a quotation is part of a larger sentence and is introduced by a verb of saying, such as "said," it is generally followed by a comma before the closing quotation mark. This is the standard convention for punctuating quoted speech or dialogue.