Luke 10:28
And He said to him, “You answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
In Context
29And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.
Ezekiel 20:11And I give My statutes to them, || And I caused them to know My judgments, || Which the man who does—lives by them.
Ezekiel 20:21And the sons rebel against Me, || They have not walked in My statutes, || And they have not observed My judgments—to do them, || Which the man who does—lives by them. They have defiled My Sabbaths, || And I speak—to pour out My fury on them, || To complete My anger against them in the wilderness.
Mark 12:34And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God”; and no one dared question Him anymore.
Romans 3:19And we have known that as many things as the Law says, to those in the Law it speaks, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
Galatians 3:12and the Law is not by faith, rather, “The man who did them will live in 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 →