Luke 10:25-37 - The Parable Of The Good Samaritan

²⁵ Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?"

²⁶ "What is said in the Law?" answered Jesus. "What do you read there?"

²⁷ His reply was--"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'"

²⁸ "You have answered right," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."

²⁹ But the man, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus: "And who is my neighbor?"

³⁰ To which Jesus replied: "A man was once going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him of everything, and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. ³¹ As it chanced, a priest was going down by that road. He saw the man, but passed by on the opposite side. ³² A Levite, too, did the same; he came up to the spot, but, when he saw the man, passed by on the opposite side. ³³ But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he was moved with compassion. ³⁴ He went to him and bound up his wounds, dressing them with oil and wine, and then put him on his own mule, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵ The next day he took out four shillings and gave them to the inn-keeper. 'Take care of him,' he said, 'and whatever more you may spend I will myself repay you on my way back.'

³⁶ Now which, do you think, of these three men," asked Jesus, "proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

³⁷ "The one that took pity on him," was the answer; on which Jesus said: "Go and do the same yourself."