"Were there not ten men cured?" said Jesus. "But where are the nine? Was there only one to turn back and give thanks to God, and that one a stranger?"
And Jesus said to this grateful Samaritan, "Rise up, and go your way; your faith has made you well."
The priest and the Levite walked past on the other side, but the Samaritan felt a pity for the poor man lying in the road and came down and poured oil on his wounds and bandaged them.
The Scribe's Question; and Mary's Choice
CHAPTER 53
WHILE JESUS was on his way to Jerusalem one of the teachers of the law—whom the Jews called "scribes"—came to him with a question. These Jewish scribes were everywhere enemies of Jesus, and were continually asking him questions, not that they might learn, but that in some way they might give him trouble.
This scribe said to Jesus, "Teacher, what shall I do that I may have the life everlasting?"