Luke 10:30 Explained in Context

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

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Quick Meaning

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Luke 10:25–10:37

Read Luke 10:30 with 10:25–10:37. In isolation, this contribution—records the speech or response at Luke 10:30 within Luke 10:25–10:37: “And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed,…”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: A lawyer tests Jesus about life and the law, correctly joins love of God and neighbor, then hears of a wounded man passed by two figures and compassionately aided by a Samaritan; Jesus tells him to do likewise.

What Remains True

Luke 10:30 records the speech or response at Luke 10:30 within Luke 10:25–10:37: “And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed,…”. Read inside Luke 10:25–10:37, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: A lawyer tests Jesus about life and the law, correctly joins love of God and neighbor, then hears of a wounded man passed by two figures and compassionately aided by a Samaritan; Jesus tells him to do likewise. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.

How It Can Shape Life

Luke 10:30 records the speech or response at Luke 10:30 within Luke 10:25–10:37: “And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed,…”. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Become a neighbor through concrete, risk-aware mercy across social boundaries; protect the wounded person's agency and do not romanticize danger or stereotype priests, Levites, Samaritans, or Jews.

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Read Luke 10:25–10:37 — A Wounded Stranger Exposes Neighbor Love

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.

Exact location: Luke 10:25–10:37, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.

Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 10:25–10:37

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open translation and translator notes

NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2006

Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.

Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 10:25–10:37

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