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For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them.
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And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?
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But he said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou?
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He answering, said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as thyself.
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And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou shalt live.
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But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?
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And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him and having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead.
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And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and seeing him, passed by.
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In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by.
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But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and seeing him, was moved with compassion:
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And going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn and took care of him.