GOSPEL "Who is my neighbor? » Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 10, 25-37

GOSPEL 

"Who is my neighbor? » 

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke  10, 25-37 

At that time,

    behold, a doctor of the Law stood up

and put Jesus to the test, saying,

“Master, what must I do

to inherit eternal life? "

    Jesus asked him,

" In the law, what has he written?

And how do you read? "

    The other replied:

'  Love the Lord your God

with all your heart, all your soul,

with all your strength and with all your mind,

and your neighbor as yourself.  "

    Jesus said to him:

" You answered correctly.

Do so and you will live. "

    But he, wanting to justify himself,

said to Jesus:

" And who is my neighbor? "

    Jesus spoke again:

“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,

and he found bandits;

these, after having stripped and beaten him,

left, leaving him half-dead.

    By chance, a priest came down this road;

he saw it and went to the other side.

    Likewise a Levite came to this place;

he saw it and went to the other side.

    But a Samaritan, who was on his way,

came near him;

he saw it and was seized with compassion.

    He approached and healed his wounds

by pouring oil and wine into them;

then he loaded him on his own mount,

drove him to an inn

and took care of him.

    The next day he took out two pieces of silver,

and gave them to the innkeeper, saying:

“Take care of him;

whatever you spend more,

I will give it back to you when I come back. ”

    Which of the three do you think was next

to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits? "

    The doctor of the Law answered,

" The one who showed mercy toward him. "

Jesus said,

" Go, and you too, do the same. " 

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