^18 (A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but ^(B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

⁹ For the commandments, ^(A)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ^(B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

²⁷ And he answered, ^(A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and ^(B)your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸ And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; ^(C)do this, and you will live.”

²⁹ But he, ^(D)desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ³⁰ Jesus replied, “A man ^(E)was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹ Now by chance a ^(F)priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. ³² So likewise ^(G)a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³ But a ^(H)Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. ³⁴ He went to him and ^(I)bound up his wounds, pouring on ^(J)oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵ And the next day he took out two ^(K)denarii^[a] and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ ³⁶ Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” ³⁷ He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”

^31 (A)The second is this: ^(B)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment ^(C)greater than these.” ³² And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that ^(D)he is one, and ^(E)there is no other besides him. ³³ And to love him with all the heart and with all ^(F)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, ^(G)is much more than all ^(H)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴ And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” ^(I)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

³⁹ And ^(A)a second is like it: ^(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ^40 (C)On these two commandments depend ^(D)all the Law and the Prophets.”