Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 10:29

"But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?" — Luke 10:29 (ASV)

But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

The Saviour then related this incident, which I have no doubt was really a fact.

But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

He probably meant to say, "I have no neighbours; I have no near relations; my father and mother are dead and gone; I have no brothers and sisters, and therefore I may be excused from the duty of loving anyone else as I love myself." Jesus did not answer the lawyer's question, "Who is my neighbour?" He did not turn the eyes of the man to the poor beggars who needed charity, but he made him look at himself.