Luke 10:25

And behold, a Scribe stood up to try him, and said: Teacher, what must I do, to inherit eternal life?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 ye see, and did not see it; and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear it.

26And Jesus said to him: How is it written in the law? How readest thou?

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Cross References

Matthew 22:34And when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together;

Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and Scribes rejected the good pleasure of God, against themselves; as they were not baptized by him.

Luke 18:18And one of the chiefs asked him, and said to him: Good Teacher, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?

Galatians 3:18And if the inheritance were by the law, it would not be by promise: but God gave it to 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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