25. Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ”
26. “What is written in the law? ” He asked him. “How do you read it? ”
27. He answered:Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
28. “You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.”
29. But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor? ”
30. Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.
31. A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32. In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33. But a Samaritan on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion.