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The incident begins when a religious scholar of the Law tests Jesus by asking him what is necessary to inherit eternal life. Jesus asks the lawyer what the [[Mosaic Law]] says about it. When the lawyer quotes the scripture, saying "Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and all your mind ([[Deuteronomy 6:5]]), and the parallel law of "Love your neighbour as yourself" ([[Leviticus 19:18]]), Jesus says that he has answered correctly — "Do this and you will live," he tells him.
But the lawyer then asks Jesus to tell him who his neighbour is, and Jesus responds with a parable about a man who was attacked and robbed and left to die by the side of a road. Later, a priest saw the stricken figure and avoided him, presumably in order to maintain ritual purity. Similarly, a [[Levite]] saw the man and ignored him as well. Then a [[Samaritan]] passed by, and, despite the mutual antipathy between Samaritans and the Jewish population, he immediately rendered assistance by giving him first aid and taking him to an inn to recover while promising to cover the expenses. He gives the innkeeper two denarii, silver coins equal to an entire days wages for an average laborer.
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