Luke 10:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now by chance a certain priest came down that way, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
  • Ps 142:4 : 4 I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no one who would know me; refuge failed me; no one cared for my soul.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, and those ready to be slain; 12 If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Listen to this, O priests; and pay attention, O house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Hos 6:9 : 9 And as bands of robbers wait for someone, so the company of priests murder on the way by agreement: for they commit lewdness.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.
  • 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
  • Ruth 2:3 : 3 So she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and her chance was to happen upon a part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
  • 2 Sam 1:6 : 6 And the young man who told him said, As I happened by chance upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
  • Job 6:14-21 : 14 To him who is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; yet he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, like the streams of brooks that pass away, 16 Which are dark because of the ice, and where the snow is hidden: 17 At the time when they grow warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way turn aside; they go to nothing and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed. 21 For now you are nothing; you see my downfall and are afraid.
  • Ps 38:10-11 : 10 My heart pants, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. 11 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.
  • Jas 2:13-16 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. 14 What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?

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    32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side.

    33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

    34 And went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

    35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.

    36 Now, which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?

    37 And he said, He who showed mercy on him. Then Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.

  • 85%

    29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

    30 And Jesus answered and said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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    11 And it happened, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

    12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off:

    13 And they raised their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

    14 And when he saw them, he said to them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And it happened that as they went, they were cleansed.

    15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God,

    16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

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    35 And it happened, that as he came near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the roadside begging:

    36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

    37 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

  • 30 But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way,

  • 1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

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    25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

    26 He said to him, What is written in the law? How do you read it?

  • 46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.

  • 1 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth.

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    9 And he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others:

    10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.

  • 17 And when he had gone out into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

  • 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

  • 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

  • 18 Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?

  • 11 And he said to them, What man among you, who has one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out?

  • 32 And he looked around to see her who had done this thing.

  • 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast in the way, and the lion standing by the corpse: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

  • 43 I was a stranger and you did not take me in; naked and you did not clothe me; sick and in prison and you did not visit me.

  • 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge who did not fear God, nor regard man:

  • 37 And it happened on the next day, when they had come down from the hill, a large crowd met him.

  • 30 Save yourself, and come down from the cross.

  • 11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.

  • 30 And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; but he did not go.

  • 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

  • 57 And it happened, as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go.

  • 5 And when Jesus entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, pleading with him,

  • 39 And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,

  • 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,

  • 50 And he, throwing aside his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.

  • 30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David.

  • 27 And they came again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there came to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

  • 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him who had dropsy.

  • 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.

  • 3 But they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • 1 And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.