[10:25] A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”
[10:26] Jesus answered him, “What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?”
[10:27] 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.’”
[10:28] “You are right,” Jesus replied; “do this and you will live.”
[10:29] But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
[10:30] 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.
[10:31] 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.
[10:32] 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.
[10:33] But a Samaritan who was traveling that way came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity.
[10:34] 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.
[10:35] The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he told the innkeeper, ‘and when I come back this way, I will pay you whatever else you spend on him.’”
[10:36] And Jesus concluded, “In your opinion, which one of these three acted like a neighbor toward the man attacked by the robbers?”
[10:37] The teacher of the Law answered, “The one who was kind to him.” Jesus replied, “You go, then, and do the same.”