Luke 10:29

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Summary

Luke 10:29

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

Willing

And

Luke 10:36

Matthew 5:43

General references

Bible References

Willing

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:

You must regard the foreigner who lives with you as the native-born among you. You are to love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.

Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified himself rather than God.

If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to brag about—but not before God.

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live

by faith.

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

And

“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

“You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor

and hate your enemy.

General references

Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us.’

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.