The Good Samaritan

²⁵ Now, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶ He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?”

²⁷ He answered, “ ‘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’^[a] and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]”

²⁸ He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

²⁹ But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

³⁰ Jesus answered, “A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹ By chance a priest came down that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² So likewise a Levite, when he came to that place, looked at him and passed by on the other side. ³³ But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him, ³⁴ and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine. Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵ The next day when he departed, he took out two denarii^[c] and gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, ‘Take care of him. I will repay you whatever else you spend when I return.’

³⁶ “Now which of these three do you think was a neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”

³⁷ He said, “The one who showed mercy on him.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”