ngs were delivered to
me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and
who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to
reveal him.

(23)And turning to the disciples, he said privately: Happy are the
eyes that behold what ye are beholding. (24)For I say to you, that
many prophets and kings desired to see what ye are beholding, and saw
not, and to hear what ye are hearing, and heard not.

(25)And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, saying:
Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (26)He said to him:
What is written in the law? How readest thou? (27)And he answering
said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and
thy neighbor as thyself. (28)And he said to him: Thou answeredst
rightly. This do, and thou shalt live. (29)But he, desiring to justify
himself, said to Jesus: Who then is my neighbor?

(30)And Jesus answering said: A certain man was going down from
Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his
raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. (31)And
by chance a certain priest was going down that way; and seeing him, he
passed by on the other side. (32)And in like manner also a Levite,
arriving at the place, came and saw, and passed by on the other side.

(33)And a certain Samaritan, as he was journeying, came where he was,
and seeing him had compassion; (34)and coming to him, bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him on his own beast, he
brought him to an inn, and took care of him. (35)And on the morrow
when he departed, he took out two denaries[10:35] and gave to the
host, and said: Take care of him; and whatever thou spendest more,
when I come again, I will repay thee.

(36)Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor to him that
fell among the robbers? (37)And he said: He that had mercy on him. And
Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou likewise.

(38)And it came to pass, as they were going, that he entered into a
certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received him into
her house. (39)And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the
feet of Jesus, and heard his word. (40)But Martha was encumbered with
much serving; and she came to him, and said: Lord, dost thou not care
that my sister left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help
me. (41)And Jesus answering said to he