Luke 10:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.”
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“Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 10:31 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 2:3So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
- 2 Samuel 1:6“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
- Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Psalms 38:10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
- Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
- Psalms 142:4Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
- Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- Hosea 6:9Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
- Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
- James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
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