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Luke 10: 25-37 (MSG) The Good Samaritan
Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to
Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and
went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but
when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed
up; he also avoided the injured man. “A Samaritan traveling the road came on him.
When he saw the man’s condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid,
disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an
inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them
to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll
pay you on my way back.’ “What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbour to
the man attacked by robbers?” “The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar
responded. Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
This parable is understood throughout the Christian and non-Christian world, how easy is for
any of us to pay lip service though, to its powerful message?
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