English Standard Version
Luke 10:27
27And he answered, "You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself."
Luke 10:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
- New International Version (NIV)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.’”
- New King James Version (NKJV)So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Context of Luke 10:27
25And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?" And he answered, "You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself." 28And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live." 29But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Read all of Luke 10Luke 10:27 word by word
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου, καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- heλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- answeringἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
- Thou shalt loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
- the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- withἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- allὅλοςholos · allG3650
- heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
- strengthἰσχύςischus · strengthG2479
- mindδιάνοιαdianoia · mindG1271
- neighbourπλησίονplēsion · near/neighborG4139
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- thyselfσεαυτοῦseautou seautō seauton sautou sautō sauton · yourselfG4572
Cross-references for Luke 10:27
- Deuteronomy 6:5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
- Deuteronomy 10:12"And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
- Matthew 22:37And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
- Mark 12:30And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'
- Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Leviticus 19:18You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
- Matthew 19:19Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- Romans 13:9For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet," and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
- Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
- James 2:8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
- 1 John 3:18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
Commentaries on Luke 10:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Thou shalt love the Lord - See this important subject explained at large, on Matthew 22:37-40; (note). Thy neighbor as thyself - See the nature of self-love explained, on Matthew 19:19; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27See this subject explained in the notes at Matthew 22:37-40.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-37Verses 25-37 If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace. But the proud heart of man strives hard against these convictions. Christ gave an instance of a poor Jew in distress, relieved by a good Samaritan. This poor man fell among thieves, who left him about to die…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Love the Lord your God: Jesus identified Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 as the two most important commandments (Mark 12:28–34). Deuteronomy 6:5 is part of the prayer called the Shema, which every Jew was to repeat daily.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Thou shalt, &c.--the answer Christ Himself gave to another lawyer. (See on Mr 12:29-33).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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