Luke 10:21-37

Jesus Rejoices in the Father's Will

21 ¹In that same hour ²he rejoiced ³in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, ⁴Lord of heaven and earth, that ⁵you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ⁶revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for ⁷such was your gracious will.^[a]

22 ⁸All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is ⁹except the Father, or who the Father is ¹⁰except the Son and anyone ¹¹to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

23 Then turning to the disciples he said privately, ¹²"Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

24 For I tell you ¹³that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 ¹⁴And behold, a ¹⁵lawyer stood up to ¹⁶put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to ¹⁷inherit eternal life?"

26 He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"

27 And he answered, ¹⁸"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and ¹⁹your neighbor as yourself."

28 And he said to him, "You have answered correctly; ²⁰do this, and you will live."

29 But he, ²¹desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

30 Jesus replied, "A man ²²was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.

31 Now by chance a ²³priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

32 So likewise ²⁴a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

33 But a ²⁵Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.

34 He went to him and ²⁶bound up his wounds, pouring on ²⁷oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

35 And the next day he took out two ²⁸denarii^[b] and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'

36 Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?"

37 He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 21, 22, see Matthew 11:25-27
• 2. [Isaiah 53:11]
• 3. [Mark 12:36]
• 4. See Acts 17:24
• 5. Job 37:24; 1 Corinthians 1:19-27; 2 Corinthians 3:14
• 6. Psalms 8:2; Matthew 21:16; [Luke 8:10; Matthew 16:17]
• 7. [Luke 12:32]
• 8. John 1:18; John 6:46; John 7:29; John 8:19; John 10:15; John 17:25; See Matthew 28:18
• 9. John 1:18; John 6:46; John 7:29; John 8:19; John 10:15; John 17:25; See Matthew 28:18
• 10. John 1:18; John 6:46; John 7:29; John 8:19; John 10:15; John 17:25; See Matthew 28:18
• 11. [John 17:26]
• 12. Matthew 13:16, 17; [Matthew 16:17]
• 13. Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10-12; [John 8:56]
• 14. For ver. 25-28, [Luke 18:18-20; Matthew 19:16-19; Matthew 22:34-39; Mark 10:17-19]
• 15. See Luke 7:30
• 16. See John 8:6
• 17. Matthew 19:29; Matthew 25:34, 46
• 18. Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Cited from Deuteronomy 6:5
• 19. Cited from Leviticus 19:18; See Matthew 19:19
• 20. Leviticus 18:5; Nehemiah 9:29; Ezekiel 20:11; Romans 10:5; Galatians 3:12
• 21. Luke 16:15
• 22. [Luke 18:31; Luke 19:28]
• 23. John 1:19; [Numbers 8:19]
• 24. [See ver. 31 above]
• 25. See Matthew 10:5
• 26. Isaiah 1:6
• 27. Isaiah 1:6
• 28. See Matthew 18:28

Footnotes

• [a]. Or for so it pleased you well
• [b]. A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer