God’s Word Translation
Luke 10:29
29But the man wanted to justify his question. So he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
Luke 10:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
- New International Version (NIV)But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Context of Luke 10:29
27He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ ” 28Jesus told him, “You’re right! Do this, and life will be yours.” But the man wanted to justify his question. So he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus replied, “A man went from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way robbers stripped him, beat him, and left him for dead. 31“By chance, a priest was traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he went around him and continued on his way.
Read all of Luke 10Luke 10:29 word by word
Ὁ δὲ θέλων δικαιῶσαι ἑαυτὸν εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· καὶ τίς ἐστίν μου πλησίον;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- heλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- willingθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
- to justifyδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
- himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- whoτίςtis · which?G5101
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- neighbourπλησίονplēsion · near/neighborG4139
Cross-references for Luke 10:29
- Luke 16:15So Jesus said to them, “You try to justify your actions in front of people. But God knows what’s in your hearts. What is important to humans is disgusting to God.
- Luke 18:9Jesus also used this illustration with some who were sure that God approved of them while they looked down on everyone else.
- Leviticus 19:34Foreigners living among you will be like your own people. Love them as you love yourself, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
- Job 32:2Then Elihu, son of Barachel, a descendant of Buz from the family of Ram, became very angry with Job because Job thought he was more righteous than God.
- Romans 4:2If Abraham had God’s approval because of something he did, he would have had a reason to brag. But he could not brag to God about it.
- Romans 10:3They don’t understand ⌞how to receive⌟ God’s approval. So they try to set up their own way to get it, and they have not accepted God’s way for receiving his approval.
- Galatians 3:11No one receives God’s approval by obeying the laws in Moses’ Teachings since, “The person who has God’s approval will live by faith.”
- James 2:24You see that a person receives God’s approval because of what he does, not only because of what he believes.
- Luke 10:36“Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by robbers?”
- Matthew 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’
Commentaries on Luke 10:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Willing to justify himself - Wishing to make it appear that he was a righteous man, and that consequently he was in the straight road to the kingdom of God, said, Who is my neighbor? supposing our Lord would have at once answered, "Every Jew is to be considered as such, and the Jews only." Now as he imagined he had never been deficient in his conduct to any person of his own nation, he thought he had amply fulfilled the law. This is the sense in which the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29To justify himself - Desirous to appear blameless, or to vindicate himself, and show that he had kept the law. Jesus wished to lead him to a proper view of his own sinfulness, and his real departure from the law. The man was desirous of showing that he had kept the law; or perhaps he was desirous of justifying himself for asking the question; of showing that it could not be so easily settled; that a mere reference to the “words” of the law did not…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. 29Who is my neighbor?: A neighbor, in this context, was normally identified as a fellow Israelite.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. willing--"wishing," to get himself out of the difficulty, by throwing on Jesus the definition of "neighbor," which the Jews interpreted very narrowly and technically, as excluding Samaritans and Gentiles [Alford].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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