Luke 10:31 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³¹ Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Now by coincidence a certain priest was going down along that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Common English Bible

³¹ Now it just so happened that a priest was also going down the same road. When he saw the injured man, he crossed over to the other side of the road and went on his way.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And it happened that a certain priest was descending along the same way. And seeing him, he passed by.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and seeing him, passed by.

Luke 10:31 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa; and there was Saul leaning upon his spear; and lo, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.

Psalm 142:4

I look to the right and watch, but there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me, no man cares for me.

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Proverbs 21:13

He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Isaiah 58:7

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Hosea 6:9

As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy.

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire upon my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Luke 10:30

Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:32

So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Ruth 2:3

So she set forth and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.