25 En daar het 'n sekere wetgeleerde opgestaan wat Hom versoek het deur te sê: Meester, wat moet ek doen om die ewige lewe te beërwe?

26 En Hy antwoord hom: Wat is in die wet geskrywe? Hoe lees jy?

27 En hy antwoord en sê: Jy moet die Here jou God liefhê uit jou hele hart en uit jou hele siel en uit jou hele krag en uit jou hele verstand; en jou naaste soos jouself.

28 Toe sê Hy vir hom: Jy het reg geantwoord; doen dit, en jy sal lewe.

29 Maar hy wou homself regverdig, en sê vir Jesus: En wie is my naaste?

30 En Jesus antwoord en sê: 'n Sekere man het afgegaan van Jerusalem na J,rigo en onder rowers verval, en nadat hulle hom uitgetrek en geslaan het, gaan hulle weg en laat hom half dood lê.

31 En bygeval het 'n priester met daardie pad afgekom, en toe hy hom sien, gaan hy anderkant verby.

32 En net so het ook 'n Leviet by die plek gekom en hom gesien en anderkant verbygegaan.

33 Maar 'n sekere Samaritaan wat op reis was, het op hom afgekom; en toe hy hom sien, het hy innig jammer gevoel,

34 en na hom gegaan, sy wonde verbind en olie en wyn daarop gegooi. Hy het hom toe op sy eie pakdier gehelp en hom na 'n herberg geneem en vir hom gesorg.

35 En toe hy die volgende môre weggaan, haal hy twee pennings uit en gee dit aan die eienaar van die herberg en sê vir hom: Sorg vir hom, en enige onkoste wat jy nog meer mag hê, sal ek jou betaal as ek terugkom.

36 Wie dan van hierdie drie, dink jy, was die naaste van hom wat onder die rowers verval het?

37 En hy antwoord: Hy wat barmhartigheid aan hom bewys het. Toe sê Jesus vir hom: Gaan en doen jy net so.

25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?

27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.

28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.

29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.

31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.

32 And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side.

33 But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,

34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.

35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?

37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.