Luke 10:25–42

The Good Samaritan

^25aAnd behold, a ^bscholar of the Law stood up and was putting Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

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

²⁷And he answered and said, “^aYou shall love the ¹Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

²⁸And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; ^ado this and you will live.”

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

³⁰Jesus replied and said, “A man was ^agoing down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and ¹beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

³¹“And a priest happened to be going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

³²“Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

³³“But a ^aSamaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him, and when he saw him, he felt compassion.

³⁴“And he came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them, and he put him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

³⁵“And on the next day he took out two ¹denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’

³⁶“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?”

³⁷And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do ¹the same.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named ^aMartha welcomed Him into her home.

³⁹And she had a sister called ^aMary, who was also ^bseated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.

⁴⁰But ^aMartha was distracted with ¹all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the ²preparations alone? Then tell her to help me.”

⁴¹But the Lord answered and said to her, “^aMartha, Martha, you are ^bworried and bothered about so many things,

^42abut only one thing is necessary, for ^bMary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”