The Parable of the Good Samaritan^(A)

²⁵ On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”^(B)

⁴⁵ One of the experts in the law^(A) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”

⁴⁶ Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.^(B)

⁵² “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”^(A)

³ Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law,^(A) “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”^(B)

³⁵ One of them, an expert in the law,^(A) tested him with this question: