Luke 10:26

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Luke 10:26 - Amplified Bible

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

Luke 10:26 - American Standard Version

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

Luke 10:26 - Bible in Basic English

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

Luke 10:26 - Darby Bible

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

Luke 10:26 - English Standard Version

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

Luke 10:26 - King James Version

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

Luke 10:26 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y El le dijo: ¿Qué está escrito en la ley? ¿Qué lees en ella?

Luke 10:26 - The Message

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

Luke 10:26 - New American Standard Bible

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

Luke 10:26 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y Jesùs le dijo: "¿Qué está escrito en la Ley? ¿Qué lees en ella?"

Luke 10:26 - World English Bible

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

Luke 10:26 - Young's Living Translation

And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?`

Luke 10:26 - Additional Comments

Jesus did not answer according to the folly of his heart, but according to the wisdom of the question.
The lawyer came to stump Jesus, approaching him as a lawyer. Jesus answers in kind, as a lawyer would, as a skilled debater.
Jesus knew that the lawyer would be very familiar with the law, so He asked for the lawyer's interpretation of the law. The lawyer responds with the 2 greatest commandments in the law, as we see in Matt 22:36-39. And, Jesus says (Matt 22:40) these 2 laws together sum up the writings of the law and the Prophets - without these, obedience to any of the other commandments are meaningless.
Then, Jesus describes here how the second greatest commandment works (vss 25-37).
The earthly political laws keeps flexing as society changes and continues to interpret the law. But, the Bible is the fixed and perfect law, never in need of change. There is no need to create law, only to understand it. And that is what Jesus does for us here, helping us to understand it.
As Jesus is able to speak as one knowledgeable of the law, so we are to become familiar with it, to be able to speak with knowledge and authority about the law. May we know God's law as well as any lawyer knows the earthly laws. May we study to argue God's cause in any situation (2 Tim 2:15).
And God's word is not just the law, it is our light, our path, our guidebook.

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