Luke 10:25–37

The Good Samaritan

²⁵Then an expert on the law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”

²⁶Jesus said, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”

²⁷The man answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.” ⁿ Also, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” ⁿ

²⁸Jesus said to him, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will live.”

²⁹But the man, wanting to show the importance of his question, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

³⁰Jesus answered, “As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, some robbers attacked him. They tore off his clothes, beat him, and left him lying there, almost dead. ³¹It happened that a priest was going down that road. When he saw the man, he walked by on the other side. ³²Next, a Levite ⁿ came there, and after he went over and looked at the man, he walked by on the other side of the road. ³³Then a Samaritan ⁿ traveling down the road came to where the hurt man was. When he saw the man, he felt very sorry for him. ³⁴The Samaritan went to him, poured olive oil and wine ⁿ on his wounds, and bandaged them. Then he put the hurt man on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he cared for him. ³⁵The next day, the Samaritan brought out two coins, ⁿ gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.’ ”

³⁶Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by the robbers?”

³⁷The expert on the law answered, “The one who showed him mercy.”

Jesus said to him, “Then go and do what he did.”