Luke 10:28
And he said to him: “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
In Context
29But since he wanted to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my precepts, and I revealed to them my judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them.
Ezekiel 20:21But their sons provoked me. They did not walk in my precepts. And they did not observe my judgments, so as to do them; for if a man does them, he shall live by them. And they violated my Sabbaths. And so, I threatened that I would pour out my fury upon them, and that I would fulfill my wrath among them in the desert.
Mark 12:34And Jesus, seeing that he had responded wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to question him.
Romans 3:19But we know that whatever the law speaks, it speaks to those who are in the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the entire world may be subject to God.
Galatians 3:12But the law is not of faith; instead, “he who does these things shall live by them.”
Matthew Henry on Luke 10:26-38
Who Is Our Neighbour. 25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27 And 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. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto… Read the whole commentary →