The Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37) <Return
A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,
“ he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”
Jesus answered him, “What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?”
The man answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind’ ; and
‘ Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ ”
“You are right, “ Jesus replied; “do this and you will live.”
But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “Who
is my neighbor?”
Jesus answered, “There was once a man who was going down from Jerusalem
to Jericho when robbers attacked him, stripped him, and beat him up, leaving him
half dead.
It so happened that a priest was going down that road; but when he saw the man,
he walked on by on the other side.
In the same way a Levite also came there, went over and looked at the man,
and then walked on by on the other side.
But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon the man, and when he saw
him, his heart was filled with pity. He went over to him, poured oil and
wine on his wounds and bandaged them; then he put the man on his own animal and
took him to an inn, where he took care of him. The next day he took out
two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. "Take care of him
and when I come back this way I will pay you whatever else you spend on him"
he told the innkeeper.
And Jesus concluded, “In your opinion, which one of the three acted like
a neighbor toward the man attacked by the robbers?” The teacher of
the Law answered, “The one who was kind to him.”
Jesus replied, “You go, then, and do the same. ”
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