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Jesus asks a lawyer how he reads the law, he says "love God and love your neighbor."
Luke 10:28 Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Luke 10:28 You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.
Correctly, you answered: do this here and you should live.
Lost In Translation:The only surprising thing here is the form of the final verb which may not be as completely positive as it looks in translation. The word may be in the future tense, "you will live" but it could also be in the form of possibility, "you might life." To understand more about what Christ means by "live", you may want to read this article discussing the various Greek word that are translated as "life" in the Gospels.
"You have answered" is a verb that means to "set apart," "choose", "answer" a question, "answer charges," and "defend oneself." In the passive, it means "to be parted or separated." Here, it is used in the passive so "been separated out." However, Christ always uses this in the context of others answering questions, so the sense is more "have been discerning" in English.
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