The Parable of the Good Samaritan

²⁵ Then^(A) an expert in the law^(B) stood up to test^(C) him, saying, ‘Teacher,^(D) what must I do to inherit eternal life? ’^(E)

²⁶ ‘What is written in the law? ’ he asked him. ‘How do you read it? ’

²⁷ He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God^(F) with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’^(G) and ‘your neighbour as yourself.’^[a](H)

²⁸ ‘You’ve answered correctly,’ he told him. ‘Do this and you will live.’^(I)

²⁵ The one who loves his life will lose it,^(A) and the one who hates^(B) his life^(C) in this world will keep it for eternal life.

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and honoured the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.