"And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live." — Luke 10:28

Luke 10:28 · KJV

“And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.”

— Luke 10:28

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Verse 29

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

Luke 10 — Context

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

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

And Jesus answering said, A certain {man} went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded {him}, and departed, leaving {him} half dead.

Cross References

Ezekiel 20:11

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which {if} a man do, he shall even live in them. {shewed...: Heb. made them to know}

Leviticus 18:5

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I {am} the LORD.

Matthew 19:17

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? {there is} none good but one, {that is}, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Nehemiah 9:29

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. {withdrew...: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder}

Galatians 3:12

And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

Luke 7:43

Simon answered and said, I suppose that {he}, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which {if} a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.