²⁸ Jesus said, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will have eternal life.”

²⁹ But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who is my neighbor?”

³⁰ To answer this question, Jesus said, “A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some robbers surrounded him, tore off his clothes, and beat him. Then they left him lying there on the ground almost dead.