Luke 10:27-28

27 He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’^[a] ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b] ”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

Luke 10:27-28 In-Context

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 6:5
• 2. Leviticus 19:18; S Matthew 5:43
• 3. Leviticus 18:5; S Romans 7:10

Footnotes

• [a]. Deut. 6:5
• [b]. Lev. 19:18