Luke 10:28

Luke 10:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
• New International Version (NIV)“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”

Context of Luke 10:28

26He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” 27The expert 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 yourself.” Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” 29But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:28 word by word

Εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ· ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης· τοῦτο ποίει καὶ ζήσῃ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Thou hast answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• rightὀρθῶςorthōs · correctlyG3723
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• thou shalt liveζάωzaō · to liveG2198

Cross-references for Luke 10:28

• Luke 7:43Simon answered, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.” Jesus said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
• Mark 12:34When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” Then no one dared any longer to question him.
• Leviticus 18:5So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the Lord.
• Nehemiah 9:29And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, will live. They boldly turned from you; they rebelled and did not obey.
• Ezekiel 20:11I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!
• Matthew 19:17He said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
• Romans 3:19Now 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 may be held accountable to God.
• Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.
• Galatians 3:12But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

Commentaries on Luke 10:28

• 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. 28Do this and you will live: Jesus was not suggesting that people would be saved by their works. Instead, such love expresses genuine faith and devotion to the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. he said, &c.--"Right; This do, and life is thine"--laying such emphasis on "this" as to indicate, without expressing it, where the real difficulty to a sinner lay, and thus nonplussing the questioner himself.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 10:28

• Commandments
• Decalogue
• Duty
• Immortality
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lawyer
• Love
• Neighbor
• Readings, Select
• Self-Righteousness

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• Careful
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• Eternal life
• Fall
• Hire
• Mercy
• Trouble
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• Law in the New Testament

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