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

Mark 10:20

Romans 7:10

Bible References

Willing

And He said to them, "You are people who claim to be just in the eyes of [other] people, but God knows [what is in] your hearts. For that which is held up as most important among people [i.e., fame or fortune ?] is disgusting in the eyes of God.

Then Jesus told this parable to certain ones who were relying on their own goodness and putting everyone else down:

For if Abraham had been made right with God by doing good deeds he would have had something to boast about, but not in God's presence.

For they did not know about God's way of making people right with Himself, so they attempted to establish their own way. In doing this they did not submit to God's way for being made right with Him.

Now it is evident that no person can be made right with God by [obeying all the requirements of] the law of Moses for [Hab. 2:4 says], "The righteous person will obtain life by [his] faith [in God]."

[So], you see, it is by deeds that a person is made right with God, and not by faith alone.

And

[Now] which of these three men do you think acted like a neighbor to the man attacked by the robbers?"

"You have heard what was said [Lev. 19:18], 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

General references

And he replied, "Teacher, I have [already] been observing all these commandments since I was a young lad."

and I died [i.e., came under its power]. And [so] the commandment, which was [intended] to bring [spiritual] life, actually brought [spiritual] death.