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Luke 10:30

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Jesus answered by telling this story: A guy was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers jumped him. They took everything he had, beat him up badly, and left him on the side of the road barely alive.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes life hits you when you're just trying to get from point A to point B.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The Gospel of Luke, traditionally attributed to Luke, a physician, was written to Theophilus and a broader Gentile audience in the mid-to-late first century CE. It records Jesus' teachings, including the Parable of the Good Samaritan, which was told in response to a lawyer's question about who is one's neighbor.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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