26. But he said to him: "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
27. In response, he said: "You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from all your strength, and from all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
28. And he said to him: "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
29. But since he wanted to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30. Then Jesus, taking this up, said: "A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he happened upon robbers, who now also plundered him. And inflicting him with wounds, they went away, leaving him behind, half-alive.
31. And it happened that a certain priest was descending along the same way. And seeing him, he passed by.
32. And similarly a Levite, when he was near the place, also saw him, and he passed by.
33. But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came near him. And seeing him, he was moved by mercy.