New English Translation

Luke 10:23-29 New English Translation (NET)

23. Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

24. For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

25. Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26. He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”

27. The expert answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

28. Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”

29. But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”