10:25 Now ¹  an expert in religious law ²  stood up to test Jesus, ³  saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ⁴  10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” ⁵  10:27 The expert ⁶  answered, “Love ⁷  the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, ⁸  and love your neighbor as yourself.” ⁹  10:28 Jesus ¹⁰  said to him, “You have answered correctly; ¹¹  do this, and you will live.”

10:29 But the expert, ¹²  wanting to justify ¹³  himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 10:30 Jesus replied, ¹⁴  “A man was going down ¹⁵  from Jerusalem ¹⁶  to Jericho, ¹⁷  and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat ¹⁸  him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. ¹⁹  10:31 Now by chance ²⁰  a priest was going down that road, but ²¹  when he saw the injured man ²²  he passed by ²³  on the other side. ²⁴  10:32 So too a Levite, when he came up to ²⁵  the place and saw him, ²⁶  passed by on the other side. 10:33 But ²⁷  a Samaritan ²⁸  who was traveling ²⁹  came to where the injured man ³⁰  was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. ³¹  10:34 He ³²  went up to him ³³  and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil ³⁴  and wine on them. Then ³⁵  he put him on ³⁶  his own animal, ³⁷  brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35 The ³⁸  next day he took out two silver coins ³⁹  and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’ ⁴⁰  10:36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor ⁴¹  to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 10:37 The expert in religious law ⁴²  said, “The one who showed mercy ⁴³  to him.” So ⁴⁴  Jesus said to him, “Go and do ⁴⁵  the same.”