And now a lawyer stood up and, to test him, asked, 'Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
He said to him, 'What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?’
He replied, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.’
Jesus said to him, 'You have answered right, do this and life is yours.’
But the man was anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?'
In answer Jesus said, 'A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of bandits; they stripped him, beat him and then made off, leaving him half dead.
Now a priest happened to be traveling down the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
In the same way a Levite who came to the place saw him, and passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came on him was moved with compassion when he saw him.
He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. He then lifted him onto his own mount and took him to an inn and looked after him.
Next day, he took out two denarii and handed them to the innkeeper and said, "Look after him, and on my way back I will make good any extra expense you have.”
Which of these three, do you think, proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the bandits' hands?’
He replied, 'The one who showed pity towards him.' Jesus said to him, 'Go, and do the same yourself.’
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I have known this story since my youth and have heard it a hundred times. Last year, you shared the Tolstoy story with us about the king going on the mountain to see the wise hermit. That story caused me to think about the Good Samaritan story in a different light - essentially as the same thing the wise man taught the king about attending to the present need in front of us. Especially in the case of the holy men who passed by in order to go do the work of the Lord elsewhere! I guess our neighbor is the person in front of us.
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