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The Good Samaritan: A Bible Story For Our Times

My favorite all time Bible story is The Good Samaritan. You can find this in Luke Chapter 10 Verse 35 to 37. I like to spell it out when referencing the bible because people who are new to the bible might not know what I'm talking about. I'll hate myself for that. But if you want to "get" this parable, I recommend you start reading from Luke Chapter 10 Verse 25, for the context. Context is everything.

If you have been travelling and talking about spiritual things like Jesus was doing, you are bound to attract people who know about the subject matter you are talking about. So at this time an expert about the law, meaning somebody who have read the books on the law of the Jews, asked Jesus "how do I inherit eternal life". Meaning: How do I get into God's good side? This question, of course, assumes God divides us into his good side and his bad side. So Jesus replied: What does the law say? The coyness here is that Jesus knows the law and he knows that the questioner know it too. 

Still, the expert on the law replied: Love God with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said: Correct. 

Here at this particular point of the story is where the story becomes a parable. He asks Jesus: But who is my neighbor?

My friend, the parable of the good samaritan is meant to illustrate to those whom Jesus was speaking to the dynamics of who is whom in God's Kingdom. I am sure the audience of this little parable "got" what Jesus referred to as the good samaritan. Would it help you friend if I give this small tip, that for the Jews during those times there are no good samaritans?

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