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Good News Translation

Luke 10:28

"You are right," Jesus replied; "do this and you will live."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Decalogue;   Duty;   Immortality;   Jesus, the Christ;   Lawyer;   Love;   Neighbor;   Readings, Select;   Self-Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Life;   Life-Death;   Righteousness;   The Topic Concordance - Commandment;   Eternal Life;   Inheritance;   Law;   Life;   Love;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adummim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Justification;   Law;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Friend, Friendship;   Golden Rule;   Mercy;   Neighbor;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Eternal Life;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pharisees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acceptance;   Brotherly Love;   Life;   Love;   Luke, Gospel of;   Parables;   Samaria, Samaritans;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the New Testament;   Ethics;   Law;   Martha;   Mary;   Perfection;   Pity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Back to Christ;   Character;   Claims (of Christ);   Commandments;   Discourse;   Home (2);   Laughter;   Life ;   Man (2);   Nationality;   Neighbour (2);   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Quotations (2);   Religious Experience;   Right (2);   Samaria, Samaritans;   Samaritan, the Good ;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Trinity (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bethsaida;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Law in the New Testament;   Neighbor;   Right;   Righteousness;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Brotherly Love;   Jesus of Nazareth;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“You’ve answered correctly,”
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt liue.
King James Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
English Standard Version
And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
New American Standard Bible
And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live."
New Century Version
Jesus said to him, "Your answer is right. Do this and you will live."
Amplified Bible
Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS habitually AND YOU WILL LIVE."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."
Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live."
Berean Standard Bible
"You have answered correctly," Jesus said. "Do this and you will live."
Contemporary English Version
Jesus said, "You have given the right answer. If you do this, you will have eternal life."
Complete Jewish Bible
"That's the right answer," Yeshua said. "Do this, and you will have life."
Darby Translation
And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said, "Your answer is right. Do this and you will have eternal life."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he said vnto him, Thou hast answered right: this doe, and thou shalt liue.
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to him, You said the truth; do this and you shall live.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live."
Literal Translation
And He said to him, You have answered rightly; do this, and you shall live.
American Standard Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
International Standard Version
JesusHe">[fn] told him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."Leviticus 18:5; Nehemiah 9:29; Ezekiel 20:11,13, 21; Romans 10:5;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu said to him, Thou hast said correctly. This do, and thou shalt live.
Murdock Translation
Jesus said to him: Thou hast said correctly; do thus, and thou wilt live.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto hym, Thou hast aunswered ryght: this do, and thou shalt lyue.
English Revised Version
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
World English Bible
He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.
Weymouth's New Testament
"A right answer," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus seide to hym, Thou hast answerid riytli; do this thing, and thou schalt lyue.
Update Bible Version
And he said to him, You have answered right: do this, and you shall live.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
New English Translation
Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."
New King James Version
And He said to him, "You have answered rightly; do this and you will live."
New Living Translation
"Right!" Jesus told him. "Do this and you will live!"
New Life Bible
Jesus said to him, "You have said the right thing. Do this and you will have life."
New Revised Standard
And he said to him, "You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto him - Rightly, hast thou answered: This, do, and thou shalt live.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto him: Thou hast answered right. This do and thou shalt live.
Young's Literal Translation
And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto him: Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt lyue.
Mace New Testament (1729)
you have answered well, replied Jesus, do this, and you shall live.
THE MESSAGE
"Good answer!" said Jesus. "Do it and you'll live."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said, "Well done! There, you have your answer."

Contextual Overview

25 A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to receive eternal life?" 26 Jesus answered him, "What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?" 27 The man answered, "‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'" 28 "You are right," Jesus replied; "do this and you will live." 29 But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus answered, "There was once a man who was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers attacked him, stripped him, and beat him up, leaving him half dead. 31 It so happened that a priest was going down that road; but when he saw the man, he walked on by on the other side. 32 In the same way a Levite also came there, went over and looked at the man, and then walked on by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity. 34 He went over to him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them; then he put the man on his own animal and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou hast: Luke 7:43, Mark 12:34

this: Leviticus 18:5, Nehemiah 9:29, Ezekiel 20:11, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:21, Matthew 19:17, Romans 3:19, Romans 10:4, Galatians 3:12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:25 - General Deuteronomy 10:19 - General Proverbs 19:16 - keepeth the Jeremiah 1:12 - Thou hast Matthew 22:39 - Thou John 13:13 - and Acts 13:39 - from which Romans 2:17 - restest Romans 10:5 - That the man

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
These are the descendants of Ham, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
Genesis 10:28
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Genesis 25:3
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan, and the descendants of Dedan were the Asshurim, the Letushim, and the Leummim.
1 Kings 10:1
The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, and she traveled to Jerusalem to test him with difficult questions.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto him, thou hast answered right,.... It is so written, and read; and this, as if he should say, is the sum and substance of the law, and what that requires men should do; wherefore,

do this, and thou shalt live; for the bare reading of it was not sufficient; though these men placed great confidence in reading this passage, or in reciting their phylacteries, of which this was a part, morning and night. Our Lord intimates by this, that, according to the tenor of the law, eternal life was not to be had without a complete and perfect performance of the duties of love to God, and to the neighbour, contained in these words; and this he suggests, in order to convict him of the impossibility of obtaining life by the works of the law, since such a performance cannot be made by man.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this subject explained in the notes at Matthew 22:37-40.


 
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