Luke 10:26
24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
25 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
- KJV
- He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
- WEB
- He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
- ASV
- And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
- DARBY
- And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
- BLB
- And He said to him, “What has been written in the Law? How do you read [it]?”
- ÅB
- Han sa til ham: Hva er skrevet i loven? hvordan leser du?
- OTB
- "Hva står skrevet i loven?" svarte han. "Hvordan leser du det?"
- B1930
- Han sa til ham: Hvad er skrevet i loven? hvorledes leser du?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 10:5
For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Read in contextIsaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Read in contextGalatians 3:21–22
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
Read in contextRomans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Read in contextGalatians 3:12–13
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Read in contextRomans 4:14–16
For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
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