3 GOALS OF A PARABLE

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   listeners.
2. Create
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   .
3. Promote
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   .
   (In this case, “Go and do likewise.” v. 37)

Jesus uses the rule of 3 in this parable.
What trio did the audience assume?
(e.g. Ezra 10:5, Nehemiah 11:20)
1.

2.

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3.

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Instead he makes the hero a

!

What’s the big deal about Samaritans anyway?

The Samaritan took a big

.

The Priest and the Levite asked, “

?”

The Samaritan asked, “

?”

WHAT DOES JESUS TEACH US?

One cannot

one’s neighbor;
one can only

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a neighbor.

The love commandment must transcend

,

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,

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