Luke 10:29
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.”
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
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
- But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- KJV
- But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
- WEB
- But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
- ASV
- But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
- DARBY
- But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
- BLB
- But wanting to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- ÅB
- Men da han ville gjøre seg selv rettferdig, sa han til Jesus: Hvem er da min neste?
- OTB
- Men for å rettferdiggjøre seg selv spurte han Jesus: "Og hvem er min neste?"
- B1930
- Men da han vilde gjøre sig selv rettferdig, sa han til Jesus: Hvem er da min næste?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 16:15
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
Read in contextLuke 18:9–11
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
Read in contextMatthew 5:43–44
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
Read in contextLeviticus 19:34
You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Read in contextGalatians 3:11
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
Read in contextRomans 10:3
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Read in contextLuke 10:36
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
Read in contextRomans 4:2
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
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