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


In Context

28 He said to him, |You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.|

29 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, |Who is my neighbor?|

30 Jesus answered, |A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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

32 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

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 Webster Bible Translation 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 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.