Luke 10:27

“And he answered and said, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.””
Luke 10:27 · direct translation from the Greek

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Andδὲheὁansweredἀποκριθεὶςand said,εἶπεν“You shall loveἈγαπήσειςthe Lordκύριονyour Godτὸν θεόν σουwithἐξallὅληςyour heartτῆς καρδίας σουandκαὶwithἐνallὅλῃyour soulτῇ ψυχῇ σουandκαὶwithἐνallὅλῃyour strengthτῇ ἰσχύϊ σουandκαὶwithἐνallὅλῃyour mind,τῇ διανοίᾳ σουandκαὶyour neighborτὸν πλησίον σουasὡςyourself.”σεαυτόν

Quotation · Leviticus 19:18

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The expert in the law joins Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18; from the latter he quotes “your neighbor as yourself.”

Formula: Ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται “what is written in the law?” (Luke 10:26)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לֹא תִקֹּם וְלֹא תִטֹּר אֶת בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ אֲנִי יְהוָה

Septuagint (Leviticus 19:17-18 in the Septuagint numbering): οὐ μισήσεις τὸν ἀδελφόν σου τῆ διανοίᾳ σου· ἐλεγμῷ ἐλέγξεις τὸν πλησίον σου, καὶ οὐ λήμψῃ δι’ αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίαν. καὶ οὐκ ἐκδικᾶταί σου ἡ χείρ, καὶ οὐ μηνιεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ σου, καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Deuteronomy 6:5

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The expert in the law quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 with four terms (heart, soul, strength and mind), and joins it to Leviticus 19:18.

Formula: Ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται “what is written in the law?” (Luke 10:26)

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Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 6:5-6 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς δυνάμεως σου. καὶ ἔσται τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον, ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ σου·

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 8 consecutive words: “Ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Luke 10:27, word by word

answeredἀποκριθεὶςapokritheis

answer

To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.

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and saidεἶπενeipen

say

To express something in words to others.

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“You shall loveἈγαπήσειςAgapēseis

love

Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.

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the Lordκύριονkyrion

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

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your Godθεόνtheon

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

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allὅληςholēs

whole, all

Whole, entire, all.

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your heartκαρδίαςkardias

heart

Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.

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your soulψυχῇpsychēi

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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your strengthἰσχύϊischyi

strength

Strength, might.

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your mindδιανοίᾳdianoiai

mind, understanding

Mind, understanding.

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your neighborπλησίονplēsion

neighbor

The other person, whom you must love as yourself.

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yourselfσεαυτόνseauton

yourself

Yourself.

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Translation note

Quotations from Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18.

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

The greatest commandment

Matthew 22:34-40 Mark 12:28-34

Luke 10 may be a different occasion.

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Luke 10:25-28

²⁵And look, a certain expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” ²⁷And he answered and said, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸And he said to him, “You answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

Matthew 22:34-40

³⁴But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in the same place. ³⁵And one of them, a lawyer, asked a question, testing him: ³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” ³⁷And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ³⁸This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.”

Mark 12:28-34

²⁸And one of the scribes came up, having heard them debating, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is first of all?” ²⁹Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; ³⁰and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ³¹The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” ³²And the scribe said to him, “Well said, Teacher; in truth you have said that he is one and there is no other besides him; ³³and to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴And Jesus, seeing that he had answered wisely, said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared any longer to question him.

Quotation · Leviticus 19:18

The expert in the law joins Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18; from the latter he quotes “your neighbor as yourself.”

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Luke 10:27

²⁷And he answered and said, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.”

Leviticus 19:18

¹⁸You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not bear a grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am YHWH.

Quotation · Deuteronomy 6:5

The expert in the law quotes Deuteronomy 6:5 with four terms (heart, soul, strength and mind), and joins it to Leviticus 19:18.

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Luke 10:27

²⁷And he answered and said, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.”

Deuteronomy 6:5

⁵You shall love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

The context

26And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

27 · This verse (above)

28And he said to him, “You answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

Read all of Luke 10

To study Luke 10 in a group

1. What it says
What question does the expert in the law ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer with the story of the Samaritan? (vv. 25-37)
2. What it means
In the story, what do the priest, the Levite and the Samaritan each do on seeing the wounded man? How does Jesus change the question at the end? (vv. 31-36)
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “Go and do likewise.” Who near you needs a concrete help today that you can actually give? (v. 37)

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