One lawyer stood up and, tempting Jesus, said:
- Teacher! What must I do to inherit eternal life?
He told him:
— What is written in the law? How do you read?
He said in response:
- 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 your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus said to him:
- You answered correctly. Do this and you will live.
But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus:
-Who is my neighbor?
To this Jesus said:
— A certain man was walking from Jerusalem to Jericho and was caught by robbers, who took off his clothes, wounded him and left, leaving him barely alive. By chance, a priest was walking that road and, seeing him, passed by. Likewise, the Levite, being at that place, came up, looked and passed by. A Samaritan, passing by, found him and, seeing him, took pity and, coming up, bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine. And, putting him on his donkey, he brought him to the inn and took care of him. And the next day, as he was leaving, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper and said to him: “Take care of him; and if you spend anything more, when I return, I will give it back to you.” Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the one who fell among the robbers?
He said:
- Showed him mercy.
Then Jesus said to him:
- Go ahead and do the same.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru