The Parable of The Good Samaritan
June 6, 2025

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘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, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “

.” ” In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ “__Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him}.” Jesus told him, “ .” Luke 10:25-37

• Deuteronomy 6:5 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength”

• Leviticus 19:18 “Love Your neighbor as yourself”

  1. No Appreciation For Salvation

  2. No Application Of Salvation

• Luke 6:46 ““Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (

• “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Luke 10:30

• Isaiah 61:3 “To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;…”

• “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”2 Corinthians 5:18-19

  1. THE ROBBERS:
    They used people.
    They manipulated others.
    They saw the man as a

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  2. THE PRIESTS & Levites:
    They were law keepers.
    They were pure.
    They saw the man as a

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  3. THE SAMARITAN:
    He was despised.
    He knew how it felt to be ignored.
    He saw the man as a

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