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Luke 10:31

Mercy and compassion

29 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.

Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

32 So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.

33 But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion.

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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.

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BSB
Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
KJV
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
WEB
By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
ASV
And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
DARBY
And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;
BLB
Now by chance a certain priest was going down on that road, and having seen him, he passed by on the opposite side.
ÅB
Men det traff seg så at en prest dro samme vei ned, og han så ham, og gikk like forbi.
OTB
Tilfeldigvis kom en prest ned den veien, og da han så mannen, gikk han forbi på den andre siden.
B1930
Men det traff sig så at en prest drog samme vei ned, og han så ham, og gikk like forbi.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 John 3:16–18

    By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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  • Psalms 69:20

    Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

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  • Proverbs 21:13

    Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

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  • Jeremiah 5:31

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

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  • Hosea 6:9

    Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

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  • Ruth 2:3

    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

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  • Hosea 5:1

    “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

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  • Psalms 142:4

    Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

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