The Picture-Story of the Good Samaritan

³⁰ Jesus said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to the city of Jericho. Robbers came out after him. They took his clothes off and beat him. Then they went away, leaving him almost dead. ³¹ A religious leader was walking down that road and saw the man. But he went by on the other side. ³² In the same way, a man from the family group of Levi was walking down that road. When he saw the man who was hurt, he came near to him but kept on going on the other side of the road. ³³ Then a man from the country of Samaria came by. He went up to the man. As he saw him, he had loving-pity on him. ³⁴ He got down and put oil and wine on the places where he was hurt and put cloth around them. Then the man from Samaria put this man on his own donkey. He took him to a place where people stay for the night and cared for him. ³⁵ The next day the man from Samaria was ready to leave. He gave the owner of that place two pieces of money to care for him. He said to him, ‘Take care of this man. If you use more than this, I will give it to you when I come again.’

³⁶ “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who was beaten by the robbers?” ³⁷ The man who knew the Law said, “The one who showed loving-pity on him.” Then Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”