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Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

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ASV

But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

KJV

But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

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δικαιῶσαιdikaiōsaito justifyG1344 →
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Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.Luke 18:9–11To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:Leviticus 19:34You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.Matthew 5:43–44You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’Galatians 3:11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.Matthew 25:44And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’Romans 4:2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.Luke 10:36Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”Job 32:2This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,James 2:24As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.Malachi 2:9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”Luke 18:9To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:Mark 10:20“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”1 Samuel 15:15Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562) — the tradition that read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 as the adversary's own fall.

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The Origin of Evil

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Guido Reni, The Archangel Michael defeating Satan: the war of Revelation 12 in a single frame.

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Mary and Martha — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
Mary and Martha — Gustave Doré (engraving), public domain
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