CHAPTER XII.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.—MARTHA AND MARY.—THE MAN BORN BLIND.
Je-sus went to the great church in Je-ru-sa-lem, and the Jews came there in crowds to hear him preach, and to find fault with him.
And a man of law stood up and said, What must I do to be saved? Je-sus said to him, What does the law say? How dost thou read it? The man of law said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and thy neigh-bor as thy-self.
Je-sus said to him, That is right. Do this, and thou shalt be saved.
The man of law said, Who is my neigh-bor? Then Je-sus spoke in this way, and said, A man went down from Je-ru-sa-lem to Je-ri-cho. And the thieves fell on him, tore off his clothes and beat him, then went on their way and left him half dead on the ground.
By chance there came a priest that way, and when he saw the poor man he went by him on the oth-er side of the road.
Then one of the tribe of Le-vi came to the place, and took a look at the poor man, and went by on the oth-er side of the road.
By and by a Sa-mar-i-tan—that is, a man from Sa-ma-ri-a—came that way, and as soon as he saw the poor man on the ground his heart was moved, and he made haste to help him.