Luke 10:25,26

Saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? The lawyer wished to make trial of the skill of Jesus in solving the intricate and difficult And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

question as to how to obtain salvation. Jesus was probably teaching in some house or courtyard, and his habit of giving local color to his parables suggests that he was probably in or near Bethany, through which the road from Jerusalem to Jericho passes.