Luke 10:29

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

27And 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. 28And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Luke 10:29 word by word

Ὁ δὲ θέλων δικαιῶσαι ἑαυτὸν εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν· καὶ τίς ἐστίν μου πλησίον;Read the interlinear

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• wishingθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• justifyδικαιόωdikaioō · to justifyG1344
• himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• isἐστίesti · he isG2076
• myμοῦmou · of meG3450
• neighbourπλησίονplēsion · near/neighborG4139

Cross-references for Luke 10:29

• Luke 16:15And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
• Luke 18:9And he spoke this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
• Leviticus 19:34But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be to you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
• Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
• Romans 4:2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath something to glory about ; but not before God.
• Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God.
• Galatians 3:11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
• James 2:24Ye see then that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
• Luke 10:36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour to him that fell among the thieves?
• Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy 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

Topics related to Luke 10:29

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

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Careful
• Chance
• Fall
• Hire
• Mercy
• Trouble
• Brother
• Brotherly Kindness; Brotherly Love

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