Tree of Life Version
Luke 10:29
29But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then 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
27And he replied, “You shall love Adonai 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.” 28Yeshua said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.” But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?” 30Yeshua replied, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. He was attacked by robbers, who stripped him and beat him. Then they left, abandoning him as half dead. 31And by chance, a kohen was going down that road; but when he saw the man, he passed by on the opposite side.
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 16:15But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”
- Luke 18:9Then Yeshua spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, while holding others in contempt.
- Leviticus 19:34The outsider dwelling among you should be to you as the native-born among you. You should love him as yourself—for you dwelled as outsiders in the land of Egypt. I am Adonai your God.
- Job 32:2Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite of the clan of Ram became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.
- Romans 4:2For if Abraham was set right by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.
- Romans 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.
- Galatians 3:11It is clear that no one is set right before God by Torah, for “the righteous shall live by emunah.”
- James 2:24You see that a man is proved righteous by works and not by faith alone.
- Luke 10:36Which of these three seems to you a neighbor to the one attacked by robbers?”
- Matthew 5:43“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall 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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