Luke 10:29 - Tree of Life Version

²⁹ But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”

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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

Job 32:2

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite of the clan of Ram became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

Leviticus 19:34

The outsider dwelling among you should be to you as the native-born among you. You should love him as yourself—for you dwelled as outsiders in the land of Egypt. I am Adonai your God.

Mark 8:34

Then He called the crowd, along with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and keep following Me.

Luke 10:36

Which of these three seems to you a neighbor to the one attacked by robbers?”

Luke 16:15

But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

Romans 10:3

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.

Romans 4:2

For if Abraham was set right by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

Galatians 3:11

It is clear that no one is set right before God by Torah, for “the righteous shall live by emunah.”

James 2:24

You see that a man is proved righteous by works and not by faith alone.