Luke 10:26

The NET Bible®

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“What is written in the law?”

King James Version (1611)
What is written in the law? how readest thou?

King James Version
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

English Standard Version
He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"

New American Standard Bible
And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?"

New Century Version
Jesus said, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"

Amplified Bible
Jesus said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"

Berean Standard Bible
"What is written in the Law?" Jesus replied. "How do you read it?"

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "What is written in the Scriptures? How do you understand them?"

Complete Jewish Bible
But Yeshua said to him, "What is written in the Torah? How do you read it?"

Darby Translation
And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he saide vnto him, What is written in the Lawe? howe readest thou?

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to him, What is written in the law? how do you read it?

Good News Translation
Jesus answered him, "What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?"

Lexham English Bible
And he said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

Literal Translation
And He said to him, What has been written in the Law? How do you read it ?

American Standard Version
And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Bible in Basic English
And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

Hebrew Names Version
He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

International Standard Version
JesusHe">[fn] answered him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"

Etheridge Translation
But Jeshu said to him, In the law how is it written, how readest thou ?

Murdock Translation
And Jesus said to him: How is it written in the law? How readest thou?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
What is written in the lawe, howe readest thou?

English Revised Version
And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

World English Bible
He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He said to him, What is written in the law?

Weymouth's New Testament
"Go to the Law," said Jesus; "what is written there? how does it read?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hym, What is writun in the lawe? hou redist thou?

Update Bible Version
And he said to him, What is written in the law? how do you read [it]?

Webster's Bible Translation
He said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

New King James Version
He said to him, "What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?"

New Living Translation
Jesus replied, "What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?"

New Life Bible
Jesus said to him, "What is written in the Law? What does the Law say?"

New Revised Standard
He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he, said unto him - In the law, what is written? how dost thou read?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou?

Revised Standard Version
He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He sayd vnto him: What is written in the lawe? How redest thou?

Young's Literal Translation
And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto him: What is wrytten in the lawe? How readest thou?

Mace New Testament (1729)
to whom he answered, how does the law run in that case? what do you find?

THE MESSAGE
He answered, "What's written in God's Law? How do you interpret it?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus replied, "What does the code of Moses say? What's your take on it?"

Contextual Overview

²⁵ Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" ²⁶ He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you understand it?" ²⁷ The expert answered, " Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind , and love your neighbor as yourself ." ²⁸ Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live." ²⁹ But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" ³⁰ Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. ³¹ Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. ³² So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³ But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. ³⁴ He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 8:20, Romans 3:19, Romans 4:14-16, Romans 10:5, Galatians 3:12, Galatians 3:13, Galatians 3:21, Galatians 3:22

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:1 - they read Isaiah 58:7 - thine own Matthew 9:13 - go Matthew 12:3 - Have Matthew 19:4 - Have Matthew 19:17 - but Mark 2:25 - Have Mark 10:19 - knowest Luke 18:20 - knowest Romans 2:23 - that makest

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

Genesis 10:28
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What is written in the law?.... Christ, with great propriety, sends him to the law, to see and observe what was written there, what are the terms and conditions of life, as fixed there; partly, because this man, by his office and character, was an interpreter of the law; and partly, because his question was, what shall I do?

how readest thou? in the law, every day; referring to the "Keriat Shema", the reading of the Shema, i.e. those words in Deuteronomy 6:4, &c, "Hear, O Israel, &c." morning and evening i as appears by his answer

i Vid. Misn. Beracot, c. 1. sect. 1, 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What is written ... - Jesus referred him to the “law” as a safe rule, and asked him what was said there. The lawyer was doubtless endeavoring to justify himself by obeying the law. He trusted to his own works. To bring him off from that ground - to make him feel that it was an unsafe foundation, Jesus showed him what the law “required,” and thus showed him that he needed a better righteousness than his own. This is the proper use of the law. By comparing ourselves with “that” we see our own defects, and are thus prepared to welcome a better righteousness than our own - that of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus the law becomes a schoolmaster to lead us to him, Galatians 3:24.