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Parable 17
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      • Psalm 100:1–5NLT

  • Parable 17

    The Good Samaritan

    The Setting

    A Theological Confrontation

    The Lawyer

    👉 A lawyer was an expert in the Law of Moses.
    Luke 10:25 MEV
    Now, a lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
    👉 The lawyer comes to Jesus wanting to test him.
    The lawyer isn’t asking because he doesn’t know, but to see if Jesus knows.
    The lawyer’s intention wasn’t sincere.
    👉 Jesus reverses the role.
    Answers a question with a question.
    Luke 10:26 MEV
    He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?”
    👉 The lawyer’s response.
    This is affectionately known as the Great Commandment.
    This is the command that every Christian must follow today.
    This is not a suggestion.
    Every command is summed up in these two.
    Luke 10:27 MEV
    He answered, “ ‘You shall 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 ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”
    See Deut 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18
    👉 Jesus’s response…
    Good answer
    This is why we call it the Great Commandment.
    Luke 10:28 MEV
    He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
    👉 The lawyer seeks justification.
    “And who is my neighbor?”
    Luke 10:29 MEV
    But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
    👉 This question sets the stage.
    The lawyer wants to limit the definition of “neighbor.”
    Jesus expands it beyond every boundary.

    Cultural Tension: Jews and Samaritans

    👉 Deep-rooted hatred
    Jews and Samaritans had a long, bitter history.
    After the Assyrian conquest (722 BC), the northern Israelites intermarried with surrounding peoples.
    Judeans viewed Samaritans as racially mixed and religiously compromised.

    A hostile relationship.

    Jews would avoid the area in which Samaritans lived.
    Jews were taught that if a Samaritan offered to help you, you should spit in their face.
    What Jesus does here would have been shocking.
    A Samaritan as the compassionate hero upends deeply ingrained prejudices.

    The Road: Geography and Danger

    👉 The road to Jericho
    This dangerous road was nicknamed

    “The Way of the Blood”

    Jesus audience would have understood the dangers of traveling this road.
    Luke 10:30 MEV
    Jesus answered, “A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead.

    The Characters and Their Significance

    👉 Priest
    Luke 10:31 MEV
    By chance a priest came down that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
    Likely returning from temple service in Jerusalem.
    Religious leaders were expected to uphold compassion and the Law.
    He sees the man but intentionally passes by.
    👉The Levite
    Luke 10:32 MEV
    So likewise a Levite, when he came to that place, looked at him and passed by on the other side.
    Assistant to priests in temple worship.
    Also expected to exemplify mercy.
    He too sees and avoids the man.
    👉Justified?
    Fear of becoming ritually unclean if the man was dead.
    Fear of being attacked themselves.
    Outside their social circle
    👉 We can have our excuses, can’t we???

    The Samaritan

    Luke 10:33–34 (MEV) — 33But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine. Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
    Luke 10:33–34 MEV
    But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine. Then he set him on his own donkey and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
    Bound up his Wounds
    Pour in oil and wine
    Used his own donkey
    Brought him to an inn
    Took care of him
    👉 He even went the extra step.
    Luke 10:35 MEV
    The next day when he departed, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, ‘Take care of him. I will repay you whatever else you spend when I return.’
    👉 The Samaritan went above and beyond.

    To the Heart of the Parable

    The Lawyer Asked
    Who’s my neighbor?
    Jesus ends with a different question:
    Luke 10:36 LEB
    Which of these three do you suppose became a neighbor of the man who fell among the robbers?”
    👉 Jesus shifts the issue from
    From “who is my neighbor”
    To “who becomes my neighbor.”
    Neighborly love is based on need, not identity.
    True love requires action, sacrifice, and crossing boundaries.

    This Parable and the Gospel.

    The lawyer responses
    Luke 10:37 MEV
    He said, “The one who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

    Who is the Good Samaritan?

    Jesus.

    👉 Notice the sacrifice
    Jesus saves the helpless, binds our wounds, pays the cost, and promises to return.

    Who is the Lawyer.

    The beaten man in the ditch.
    We are that beaten man lying in a ditch unable to save ourselves.

    If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9

      • Luke 10:25NLT

      • Luke 10:26NLT

      • Luke 10:27NLT

      • Luke 10:28NLT

      • Luke 10:29NLT

      • Luke 10:30NLT

      • Luke 10:31NLT

      • Luke 10:32NLT

      • Luke 10:33–34NLT

      • Luke 10:35NLT

      • Luke 10:36NLT

      • Luke 10:37NLT

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