Luke 10:28
He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
In Context
29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
Cross References
Leviticus 18:5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:11I gave them my statutes and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he will live in them.
Ezekiel 20:21“‘“But the children rebelled against me. They didn’t walk in my statutes, and didn’t keep my ordinances to do them, which if a man does, he shall live in them. They profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Mark 12:34When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from God’s Kingdom.” No one dared ask him any question after that.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
Galatians 3:12The law is not of faith, but, “The man who does them 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 →