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^(ae)And a ^[l](af)lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? ^[m]How does it read to you?"

And he answered, "^(ag) 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 your neighbor as yourself ."

And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; ^(ah) do this and you will live ."

But wishing ^(ai)to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Jesus replied and said, "A man was ^(aj)going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and ^[n]beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

But a ^(ak)Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,

and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

On the next day he took out two ^[o]denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.'

Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do ^[p]the same."