Luke 10:29 - Plain English Version

²⁹ But the man wanted to show that he asked an important question, so he said, “What does it mean by the people around me? Who are they?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ And he, determined to acquit himself of reproach, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

Common English Bible

²⁹ But the legal expert wanted to prove that he was right, so he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ But since he wanted to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Luke 10:29 Cross References

Mark 8:34

Then Jesus called out to all the people that were there. He called them to come up close, with his followers, and he said to them all, “If any of you wants to follow me properly, you have to stop thinking only about yourself. You have to live like me. You have to be ready to die, yes, die like a criminal on a cross, just like I will die.

Luke 10:36

Then Jesus said to the law man, “There were 3 people that saw that man on the road. Which one of them treated that man like he was one of the people around them?”

Luke 16:15

Then Jesus told them, “You mob want everyone to think you are good, but God knows what you are really like, and he knows what you think inside your heads. You see, there are things that people reckon are important, but God thinks those things are rubbish.

Galatians 3:11

And we all know that nobody can follow that law properly, so nobody is good enough for God to say they are all right. But God says this in his book, “If you trust God, he will say you are all right, and you will live.”

James 2:24

We can learn from that story about Abraham. If people believe God so much that they do whatever he says, like Abraham did, then God will say they are all right. But he will not say that to people that don’t do what he says, even if they reckon they believe in God.