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34 The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine[a] on his wounds and bandaged them. He put the hurt man on his own donkey and took him to an inn. At the inn, the Samaritan took care of him. 35 The next day, the Samaritan brought out two silver coins[b] and gave them to the innkeeper. The Samaritan said, ‘Take care of this man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.’”

36 Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by the robbers?”

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  1. 10:34 olive oil and wine Oil and wine were used like medicine to soften and clean wounds.
  2. 10:35 silver coins A Roman denarius. One coin was the average pay for one day’s work.

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