The Good Samaritan
10 25Then a teacher of the Law came and began putting Jesus to the test. And he said: 
—Master, what shall I do to receive eternal life? 26Jesus replied: 
—What is written in the Scripture? How do you understand it? 
27The man answered: 
—It is written: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself. 
28Jesus replied: 
—What a good answer! Do this and you shall live. 
29The man wanted to keep up appearances, so he replied: 
—Who is my neighbor?
30Jesus then said: 
—“There was a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.
31“It happened that a priest was going along that road and saw the man, but passed by on the other side. 32Likewise a Levite saw the man and passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, too, was going that way, and when he came upon the man, he was moved with compassion. 34He went over to him and treated his wounds with oil and wine and wrapped them with bandages. Then he put him on his own mount and brought him to an inn where he took care of him. 
35“The next day he had to set off, but he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and told him: ‘Take care of him and whatever you spend on him, I will repay when I come back.’”
36Jesus then asked: 
—Which of these three, do you think, made himself neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? 37The teacher of the Law answered: 
—the one who had mercy on him. 
And Jesus said: 
—Go then and do the same.

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