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.
25 Bir Kutsal Yasa uzmanı İsayı denemek amacıyla gelip şöyle dedi: ‹‹Öğretmenim, sonsuz yaşamı miras almak için ne yapmalıyım?››
26 İsa ona, ‹‹Kutsal Yasada ne yazılmıştır?›› diye sordu. ‹‹Orada ne okuyorsun?››
27 Adam şöyle karşılık verdi: ‹‹Tanrın Rabbi bütün yüreğinle, bütün canınla, bütün gücünle ve bütün aklınla seveceksin. Komşunu da kendin gibi seveceksin.››
28 İsa ona, ‹‹Doğru yanıt verdin›› dedi. ‹‹Bunu yap ve yaşayacaksın.››
29 Oysa adam kendini haklı çıkarmak isteyerek İsaya, ‹‹Peki, komşum kim?›› dedi.
30 İsa şöyle yanıt verdi: ‹‹Adamın biri Yeruşalimden Erihaya inerken haydutların eline düştü. Onu soyup dövdüler, yarı ölü bırakıp gittiler.
31 Bir rastlantı olarak o yoldan bir kâhin geçiyordu. Adamı görünce yolun öbür yanından geçip gitti.
32 Bir Levili de oraya varıp adamı görünce aynı şekilde geçip gitti.
33 O yoldan geçen bir Samiriyeli ise adamın bulunduğu yere gelip onu görünce, yüreği sızladı.
34 Adamın yanına gitti, yaralarının üzerine yağla şarap dökerek sardı. Sonra adamı kendi hayvanına bindirip hana götürdü, onunla ilgilendi.
35 Ertesi gün iki dinar çıkararak hancıya verdi. ‹Ona iyi bak› dedi, ‹Bundan fazla ne harcarsan, dönüşümde sana öderim.›
36 ‹‹Sence bu üç kişiden hangisi haydutlar arasına düşen adama komşu gibi davrandı?››
37 Yasa uzmanı, ‹‹Ona acıyıp yardım eden›› dedi. İsa, ‹‹Git, sen de öyle yap›› dedi.