22. All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him.
23. And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.
24. For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.
25. And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?
26. And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
27. But he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28. And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.
29. But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30. And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state.
31. And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;
32. and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked at him and passed on on the opposite side.