Luke 10:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A priest happened to be going down the same road. But when he saw the man, he walked by on the other side.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:6

The young man replied: I was on Mount Gilboa and saw King Saul leaning on his spear. The enemy's war chariots and cavalry were closing in on him.

Psalm 142:4

Even if you look, you won't see anyone who cares enough to walk beside me. There is no place to hide, and no one who really cares.

Psalm 69:20

I am crushed by insults, and I feel sick. I had hoped for mercy and pity, but there was none.

Proverbs 21:13

If you won't help the poor, don't expect to be heard when you cry out for help.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Here is something else I have learnt: The fastest runners and the greatest heroes don't always win races and battles. Wisdom, intelligence, and skill don't always make you healthy, rich, or popular. We each have our share of bad luck.

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with everyone who is hungry; share your home with the poor and homeless. Give clothes to those in need; don't turn away your relatives.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Hosea 5:1

Listen, you priests! Pay attention, Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family. Justice was your duty. But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor you trapped the people.

Hosea 6:9

You priests are like a gang of robbers in ambush. On the road to Shechem you murder and commit other horrible crimes.

Malachi 1:10

I wish someone would lock the doors of my temple, so you would stop wasting time building fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you priests, and I refuse to accept any more of your offerings.

Luke 10:30

Jesus replied: As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, robbers attacked him and grabbed everything he had. They beat him up and ran off, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:32

Later a temple helper came to the same place. But when he saw the man who had been beaten up, he also went by on the other side.