Luke 10:28
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
KJV
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ· ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης· τοῦτο ποίει, καὶ ζήσῃ.
Greek NT
Dixitque illi : Recte respondisti : hoc fac, et vives.
Vulgate
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
ASV
And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ὀρθῶς
orthos
adverb · 4×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 3 passages
§1825Christ died out of love for us, while we were still "enemies."100 The Lord asks us to love as he does, even our enemies, to make ourselves the neighbor of those farthest away, and to love children and the poor as Christ himself.101 The Apostle Paul has given an incomparable depiction of charity: "charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogan…
§2196In response to the question about the first of the commandments, Jesus says: "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' the second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater…
§2822Our Father "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth."95 He "is forbearing toward you, not wishing that any should perish."96 His commandment is "that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another."97 This commandment summarizes all the others and expresses his entire will.
We believe man in falling by the [Original] transgression to have become comparable and like unto the beasts, that is, to have been utterly undone, and to have fallen from his perfection and impassibility, yet not to have lost the nature and power which he had received from the supremely good God. For otherwise he would not be rational, and consequently not man; but to have the…
Cross-references
- Acts 13:39 — And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 20:11 — And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Ezek 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 great
- Ezek 20:21 — Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I
- Gal 3:12 — And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
- Jer 1:12 — Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
- Lev 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.
- Lev 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.
- 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.
- Matt 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.
- Neh 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, h
- Neh 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, h
- Prov 19:16 — He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
- Rom 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.