LUKE 10:25 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, testing him, saying, “Teacher, doing what, will I inherit eternal life?”

UST A man who taught Jewish laws was there. He wanted to test Jesus by asking him a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what do I have to do in order to live with God forever?”

BSB One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

BLB And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, testing Him, saying, "Teacher, what having done, will I inherit eternal life?"

AICNT [And behold,][fn] A certain lawyer stood up, testing him, saying, “[Teacher,][fn] What shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

10:25, And behold: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(e)

10:25, Teacher: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05)

OEB Just then a student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do if I am to gain eternal life?’

WEBBE Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

WMBB Behold, a certain Torah scholar stood up and tested him, saying, “Rabbi, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

NET Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

LSV And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, trying Him, and saying, “Teacher, what having done, will I inherit continuous life?”

FBV Once an expert in religious law stood up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “What do I have to do to gain eternal life?”

TCNT And behold, a lawyer stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

T4T One day as Jesus was teaching people, a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that God gave Moses. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live with God forever?”

LEB ¶ And behold, a certain legal expert stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?”

BBE And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

Moff Now a jurist got up to tempt him. "Teacher," he said, "what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

Wymth Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

ASV And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

DRA And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?

YLT And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, 'Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'

Drby And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?

RV And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

SLT And, behold, a certain skilled in the law stood up, tempting him, and saying, Teacher, what having done shall I inherit eternal life?

Wbstr And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

KJB-1769 ¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

KJB-1611 ¶ And behold, a certaine Lawyer stood vp, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I doe to inherite eternall life? He said vnto him,
(¶ And behold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him,)

Bshps And beholde, a certaine lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying: Maister, what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe? He sayde vnto hym:
(And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying: Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him:)

Gnva Then beholde, a certaine Lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I doe, to inherite eternall life?
(Then behold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do, to inherit eternal life? )

Cvdl And beholde, there stode vp a scrybe and tempted him, and sayde: Master, what must I do, to inheret euerlastinge life?
(And behold, there stood up a scribe and tempted him, and said: Master, what must I do, to inherit everlasting life?)

TNT And beholde a certayne Lawere stode vp and tempted him sayinge: Master what shall I do to inheret eternall life?
(And behold a certain Lawre stood up and tempted him saying: Master what shall I do to inherit eternal life? )

Wycl And lo! a wise man of the lawe ros vp, temptynge hym, and seiynge, Maister, what thing schal Y do to haue euerlastynge lijf?
(And lo! a wise man of the law ros up, tempting him, and saying, Master, what thing shall I do to have everlasting life?)

Luth Und siehe, da stund ein Schriftgelehrter auf, versuchte ihn und sprach: Meister, was muß ich tun, daß ich das ewige Leben ererbe?
(And see/look, there stood a scribesr on/in/to, tried him/it and spoke: master, what/which must I do/put, that I the eternal life inheritance?)

ClVg Et ecce quidam legisperitus surrexit tentans illum, et dicens: Magister, quid faciendo vitam æternam possidebo?[fn]
(And behold some legisperitus rose/got_up tentans him, and saying: Teacher/Master, what doing life eternal I_will_possess? )

10.25 Legisperitus surrexit. Legis doctor qui sine fide in lege jacebat, surgit ut stet: stat dum magistrum vocat, sed et stando tentat Deum tacendo quod erat.

10.25 Lawperitus rose/got_up. Law doctor who/which without with_faith in/into/on lawfully yacebat, surgit as stet: stands while teacher he_calls, but and stando tentat God be_silentndo that was.

UGNT καὶ ἰδοὺ, νομικός τις ἀνέστη, ἐκπειράζων αὐτὸν λέγων, Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας, ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω?
(kai idou, nomikos tis anestaʸ, ekpeirazōn auton legōn, Didaskale, ti poiaʸsas, zōaʸn aiōnion klaʸronomaʸsō?)

SBL-GNT Καὶ ἰδοὺ νομικός τις ἀνέστη ἐκπειράζων ⸀αὐτὸν λέγων· Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;
(Kai idou nomikos tis anestaʸ ekpeirazōn ⸀auton legōn; Didaskale, ti poiaʸsas zōaʸn aiōnion klaʸronomaʸsō;)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἰδού, νομικός τις ἀνέστη, ἐκπειράζων αὐτόν, καὶ λέγων, Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;
(Kai idou, nomikos tis anestaʸ, ekpeirazōn auton, kai legōn, Didaskale, ti poiaʸsas zōaʸn aiōnion klaʸronomaʸsō;)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἰδού, νομικός τις ἀνέστη, ἐκπειράζων αὐτόν, [fn]καὶ λέγων, Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;
(Kai idou, nomikos tis anestaʸ, ekpeirazōn auton, kai legōn, Didaskale, ti poiaʸsas zōaʸn aiōnion klaʸronomaʸsō; )

10:25 και ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 10:25–37: Jesus told a story to show us who our neighbors are

One day as Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he stopped to teach people. An expert in the Jewish law was there and asked him a question. The expert asked what he should do to obtain eternal life. He and Jesus discussed this question and agreed that a person must love God and love his neighbor. Then the expert asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus answered him with a story that was a parable.

In the story robbers attacked a man and left him bleeding on a road. Two Jewish religious leaders passed the man without helping him. Then a man from the province of Samaria came and helped the man. People from Samaria were called Samaritans. The Jews despised Samaritans, so Jesus’ story surprised the Jews.

The person who treated the injured man with love, as a neighbor should, was a Samaritan. The Jewish religious leaders did not show love to the man. Most Jews considered only their fellow Jews to be their neighbors, but by this parable Jesus taught that all human beings are neighbors. We must love every other human being.

Some other possible section headings are:

The parable about the good foreigner

Who is my neighbor?

The Good Samaritan

Luke is the only gospel writer who includes this parable.

10:25a

One day an expert in the law stood up

¶ One day while Jesus was teaching, a certain teacher of the law stood up
¶ Then a man who an expert in the Jewish law stood

One day an expert in the law: In Greek, this paragraph begins literally with the phrase “And behold.” In this context, the phrase introduces something new that the author wants people to pay attention to.This is the function of kai idou suggested by TH (p. 475) and by Nolland (p. 583). Van Otterloo suggests a different function: introducing a major participant into the story. Perhaps it has both functions here. The phrase introduces the expert in the law, who was an important person in the story. It also introduces the new event that Luke was beginning to tell about. One way to translate this is:

And listen! An expert in the law…

In some languages, including English, it is natural to begin a new event such as this with a time word or phrase. Since the text does not include details about when this event happened, you should refer to the time in a general way. Some ways to introduce this event and the expert in the law are:

One day an expert in religious law (NLT)

Then an expert on the law (NCV)

There was a certain expert in the law

An expert in the law was there.

Introduce the expert in the law and the whole event in a natural way in your language.

expert in the law: The Greek word that the BSB translates as expert in the law refers to a man who studied, interpreted, and taught God’s laws to the people.

Some English versions translate this term as “lawyer.” However, the function of a lawyer today is quite different from the function of an “expert in the law” in Jesus’ time. The main function of the expert in the law was to teach the laws of Moses.

Some ways to translate this term are:

teacher of the Law of Moses

teacher of religious law

expert on the law

This word is different from the word used in 9:22b, which the BSB translates as “scribes.” However, both words have the same meaning and refer to the same group of men. It is recommended that you use the same expression to translate both terms.

See expert in the law in the Glossary.

stood up: In Israel at that time, a teacher and his students usually sat while he taught them. When a student asked the teacher a question, the student stood. It is also possible that the lawyer came forward in the crowd in order to speak with Jesus more easily. In some languages it may be helpful to make some of this implied information explicit. For example:

stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question (NLT)

while Jesus was teaching, a law expert stood to ask a question to test Jesus’ knowledge

came forward to test him by asking (REB)

10:25b

to test Him.

in order to test Jesus.
to ask a question to test Jesus to see how well he understood the law.

to test Him: There are two ways to interpret the Greek word that the BSB translates here as test:

It means “to test or examine.” The law expert wanted to test Jesus’ ability to teach and interpret the law by asking him a question. For example:
to test Jesus by asking him this question (NLT)
asked Jesus a question to see what he would say (CEV) (BSB, NIV, RSV, REB, NJB, NLT, NCV, GW, CEV, NET, JBP, NASB)
It means “to trap.” The law expert wanted to trick Jesus into saying something that could be used against him. For example:
tried to trap Jesus (GNT) (GNT, KJV, NLV, TLV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1) along with most English versions. In other contexts, Jewish leaders did try to trap Jesus, but here, the question was appropriate for testing Jesus’ knowledge about God and his will for people.

10:25c

“Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do

He asked, “Teacher, what thing/things do I have/need to do
This man said, “Sir, what should/must I do

10:25d

to inherit eternal life?”

in order to obtain/receive everlasting life?”
so that I will live with God forever?”

10:25c–d

Teacher: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Teacher was a polite title for a Jewish religious leader. It was a title of respect for a Jewish man who had authority to teach the things about God. In some languages the appropriate way to address a religious teacher may be:

Sir Teacher

Sir

Master

Be careful not to use a term that can refer only to a school teacher.

Consider what term of respect people use in your area for religious teachers. If religious teachers are not highly respected in your culture, it may be appropriate to use a term other than Teacher. Use a natural term in your language.

The word Teacher also occurs in 3:12b and 9:38b. See how you translated the same term there.

he asked: The BSB has placed the phrase he asked in the middle of the law expert’s question. In Greek, it comes before the question begins. Place it where it is most natural in your language.

what must I do to inherit eternal life: The man was asking what religious duty or deed he should perform in order to receive eternal life.

Some other ways to translate this are:

what must I do to have eternal life (CEV)

what deed should I do so that I may live eternally

Almost the same question occurs in Matthew 10:16, Mark 10:17, and Luke 18:18.

to inherit: In this context, the Greek word that the BSB translates as inherit means “acquire, obtain.” The man wanted to know what deed would cause God to give him eternal life in heaven. Another way to translate this is:

so that I may receive

In some languages, it may be necessary to say from whom the man expected to obtain eternal life. If that is true in your language, you may need to supply the information that it is God who gives that life. For example:

so that God will give me eternal life

eternal life: The phrase eternal life literally means life that never ends. In this context it refers to living forever with God in heaven.

In some languages, a literal translation of eternal life would wrongly mean that the man hoped to live forever on earth without dying. If that is true in your language, it may be necessary to supply some implied information. For example:

life in heaven that never ends

to live forever with God after I die

so that God will cause me to live forever in heaven

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἰδοὺ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἰδού νομικός τὶς ἀνέστη ἐκπειράζων αὐτόν λέγων Διδάσκαλε τί ποιήσας ζωήν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω)

Luke uses the term behold to calls the reader’s attention to what he is about to say. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use here.

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

νομικός τις

˓a˒_lawyer (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἰδού νομικός τὶς ἀνέστη ἐκπειράζων αὐτόν λέγων Διδάσκαλε τί ποιήσας ζωήν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω)

Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new character into the story. If your language has its own way of doing that, you could use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [there was a lawyer who]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

νομικός τις

See how you translated lawyer in [7:30](../07/30.md). Alternate translation: [a certain expert in the Jewish law]

Note 4 topic: translate-symaction

ἀνέστη

stood_up

By standing up, this lawyer was indicating that he had a question to ask Jesus. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain that this was the reason for his action. Alternate translation: [stood up to show that he wanted to ask a question]

ἐκπειράζων αὐτὸν

testing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἰδού νομικός τὶς ἀνέστη ἐκπειράζων αὐτόν λέγων Διδάσκαλε τί ποιήσας ζωήν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω)

Alternate translation: [seeing how well he would answer]

Διδάσκαλε

Teacher

Teacher was a respectful title. You can translate it with an equivalent term that your language and culture would use.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τί ποιήσας, ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω?

what ˓having˒_done (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἰδού νομικός τὶς ἀνέστη ἐκπειράζων αὐτόν λέγων Διδάσκαλε τί ποιήσας ζωήν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω)

The lawyer is using the term inherit in a figurative sense to mean “come to possess” or “have.” Alternate translation: [what must I do in order to have everlasting life]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / verbs

τί ποιήσας, ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω?

This lawyer may be asking about a single deed that would be worthy of eternal life, because he uses a verb form that does not indicate continuing action. Alternate translation: [What one thing do I need to do so that God will give me eternal life?]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τί ποιήσας, ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω