Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Religious Studies – Anthology
110Extract 10: Luke 10:25-37, 15:1-32, 16:19- 31
Taken from: the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright ©
1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Soc iet y.
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
10 On one oc c asion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teac her,” he
asked, “what must I do t o inherit et ernal life?”
(^26) “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
(^27) He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, ‘Love your neighbour as
yourself.’”
(^28) “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do t his and you will live.”
(^29) But he want ed t o just ify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?”
(^30) In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jeric ho, when he
was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went
away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road,
and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite,
when he c ame to the plac e and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a
Samaritan, as he travelled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he
took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and
wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took c are
o f h im. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper.
‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra
expense you may have.’
(^36) “Whic h of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the
hands of robbers?”
(^37) The expert in the law replied, “The one who had merc y on him.”
Jesus t old him, “Go and do likewise.”
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear
Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teac hers of the law muttered, “This man
welc omes sinners and eats with them.”
(^3) Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep
and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open c ountry and go
after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on
his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he c alls his friends and neighbours together
and says, ‘Rejoic e with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the
same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than
over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.