Luke 10:25-37

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 o And behold, a p lawyer stood up to q put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to r inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?" 27 And 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 t your neighbor as yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; u do this, and you will live."

29 But he, v desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man w was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a x priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise x a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a y Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 He went to him and z bound up his wounds, pouring on z oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two a denarii 1 and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."

  1. Cross References
    Luke 10:25 - 28
    And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
    Luke 18:18 - 20
    And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
    Matthew 19:16 - 19
    And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?
    Matthew 22:34 - 39
    But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
    Mark 10:17 - 19
    And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
  2. Cross References
    Luke 7:30
    But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
  3. Cross References
    John 8:6
    This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 19:29
    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
    Matthew 25:34
    Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
    Matthew 25:46
    And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 22:37
    And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
    Mark 12:30
    And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
    Deuteronomy 6:5
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:18
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
    Matthew 19:19
    Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:5
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:18
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:5
    You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
    Nehemiah 9:29
    And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.
    Ezekiel 20:11
    I gave them my statutes and made known to them my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live.
    Romans 10:5
    For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
    Galatians 3:12
    But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them.
  10. Cross References
    Luke 16:15
    And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
  11. Cross References
    Luke 18:31
    And taking the twelve, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.
    Luke 19:28
    And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
  12. Cross References
    John 1:19
    And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?
    Numbers 8:19
    And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.
  13. Cross References
    Luke 10:31
    Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
  14. Cross References
    Matthew 10:5
    These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans.
  15. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:6
    From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
  16. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:6
    From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
  17. Cross References
    Matthew 18:28
    But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.
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