Luke 10:25

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up to tempt him, and said: Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

In Context

24For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear.

26He said to him: What is written in the law? How do you read?

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Cross References

Matthew 22:34When the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they came together.

Luke 7:30but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God in regard to themselves, by not being immersed by him.

Luke 18:18And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Galatians 3:18For if the inheritance be by law, it is no longer by promise: but God bestowed it on Abraham by promise.

Matthew Henry on Luke 10:18-25

The Success of the Seventy. 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 21 In that hour… Read the whole commentary →

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