24. for I say to you that many prophets and sovereigns have wished to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”
25. And see, a certain one learned in the Torah stood up, trying Him, and saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?”
26. And He said to him, “What has been written in the Torah? How do you read it?”
27. And he answering, said, “ ‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbour as yourself.’ ”
28. And He said to him, “You have answered rightly. Do this and you shall live.”
29. But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”
30. And replying, יהושע said, “A certain man was going down from Yerushalayim to Yeriḥo, and fell among robbers, who, both stripping and beating him, went away, leaving him half dead.
31. “And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32. “And likewise a Lĕwite also, when he came to the place, and seeing, passed by on the other side.
33. “But a certain Shomeronite, journeying, came upon him. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34. and he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. And having placed him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and looked after him.
35. “And going out on the next day, he took out two pieces of silver, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Look after him, and whatever more you spend I shall repay you when I return.’
36. “Who, then, of these three, do you think, was neighbour to him who fell among the robbers?”
37. And he said, “He who showed compassion on him.” Then יהושע said to him, “Go and do likewise.”