Luke 10:18–30

18 He said to them, “I watched Satanaz fall from heaven like lightning.ba 19 Look, I have given you the authoritybb to tramplebc on snakesbd and scorpionsbe and over all the power of the enemy;bf nothing at all will harm you.bg 20 However, don’t rejoice thatC the spiritsbh submit to you,bi but rejoice that your names are writtenbj in heaven.”

THE SON REVEALS THE FATHER

21 At that timea heD rejoiced in the HolyE Spiritb and said, “I praiseF you, Father,c Lord of heaven and earth,d because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligente and revealed them to infants.f Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.A,g 22 All things haveB been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desiresC to reveal him.”h

23 Then turning to his disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear but didn’t hear them.”i

THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

25 Thenj an expert in the lawk stood up to testl him, saying, “Teacher,m what must I do to inherit eternal life?”n

26 “What is written in the law?” he asked him. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “Love the Lord your Godo with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,”p and “your neighbor as yourself.”D,q

28 “You’ve answered correctly,” he told him. “Do this and you will live.”r

29 But wanting to justify himself,s he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”t

30 Jesus took up the question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.