18. He said to them, “I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19. Look, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20. Nevertheless do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
21. At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for it was Your good pleasure.
22. “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father. And no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son and he to whom the Son desires to reveal Him.”
23. Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see.
24. For I tell you, many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”
25. Now, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26. He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?”
27. He answered, “ ‘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.’”
28. He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
29. But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30. Jesus answered, “A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.
31. By chance a priest came down that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32. So likewise a Levite, when he came to that place, looked at him and passed by on the other side.
33. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34. and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine. Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35. The next day when he departed, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, ‘Take care of him. I will repay you whatever else you spend when I return.’