31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.


In Context

28 And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

29 But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came were he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

Luke 10:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and seeing him, passed by.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:31And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:31By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:31'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.