KJV King James Version
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
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Luke 10:29
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
WEB World English Bible
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
ASV American Standard Version
But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’
Surrounding context — Luke 10
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.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked [on him], and passed by on the other side.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenθέλωνG2309 · thelōto will/desireδικαιῶσαιG1344 · dikaioōto justifyἑαυτὸνG1438 · heautouthemselfεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦν·G2424 · IēsousJesusκαὶG2532 · kaiandτίςG5101 · tiswhich?ἐστίνG1510 · eimito beμουG3165 · memeπλησίον;G4139 · plēsionnear/neighbor
Cross-references
Luke 16:15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.Luke 18:9-11And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:Matthew 5:43-44Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.Leviticus 19:34[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God.Galatians 3:11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.Luke 10:36Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?Romans 4:2For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but not before God.Job 32:2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.James 2:24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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