Luke 10:28
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
In Context
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Ezekiel 20:21But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
Mark 12:34When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Galatians 3:12The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will 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 →