KJV King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
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Luke 10:28
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
WEB World English Bible
He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he said to him, ‘Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.’
Surrounding context — Luke 10
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 Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded [him], and departed, leaving [him] half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
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Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them.Leviticus 18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.Matthew 19:17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.Nehemiah 9:29And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.Galatians 3:12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.Ezekiel 20:13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.Romans 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.Ezekiel 20:21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.Luke 7:43Simon answered and said, I suppose that [he], to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.Romans 10:4For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.Mark 12:34And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him [any question].
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