Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 10:35

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 10:35 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 10:35. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, a kind man helps someone in need by giving money to take care of him and promises to pay more if needed when he returns. This teaches that we should help others and be generous.

Luke 10:35: And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave [them] to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

Contradiction with James 2:14-17

Emphasizes faith accompanied by works, whereas Luke 10:35 illustrates good works without mention of faith.

James 2:14-17: What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

Contradiction with Matthew 6:1-4

Advises doing good works in secret, contrasting with the public act of payment in Luke 10:35.

Matthew 6:1-4: Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. [alms: or, righteousness] [of your: or, with your]

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:24

Suggests that generosity leads to greater wealth, while Luke 10:35 does not address the giver’s future wealth.

Proverbs 11:24: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

Contradiction with 2 Thessalonians 3:10

States if a man will not work, he shall not eat, which contradicts the innkeeper being paid for someone else’s need in Luke 10:35.

2 Thessalonians 3:10: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Contradiction with Mark 12:41-44

Commends giving out of poverty, while Luke 10:35 involves giving from an unspecified financial state.

Mark 12:41-44: And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. [money: a piece of brass money]
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