“If Anyone Would Come after Me, He Must…” Love His Neighbor

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

²⁵oAnd behold, a plawyer stood up to qput him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to rinherit eternal life?” ²⁶He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” ²⁷And he answered, s“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and tyour neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; udo this, and you will live.”

²⁹But he, vdesiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ³⁰Jesus replied, “A man wwas going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹Now by chance a xpriest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. ³²So likewise xa Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³But a ySamaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. ³⁴He went to him and zbound up his wounds, pouring on zoil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵And the next day he took out two adenarii3 and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ ³⁶Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” ³⁷He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”