Luke 10:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And then a certain lawyer arose to try (test, tempt) Him, saying, Teacher, what am I to do to inherit everlasting life [that is, to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]?

American Standard Version (1901)

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Common English Bible

A legal expert stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to gain eternal life?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And behold, a certain expert in the law rose up, testing him and saying, "Teacher, what must I do to possess eternal life?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?

Luke 10:25 Cross References

Mark 10:17

And as he was going forth into the way, there ran one to him, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

Mark 10:3

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

Mark 12:28

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

Luke 10:24

for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

Luke 10:26

And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Luke 18:18

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 7:30

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.

John 8:6

And this they said, tempting him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

Galatians 3:18

For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.