Parable of the Good Samaritan

 

 Parable of the Good Samaritan 

(Luke 10:25-37)
Be a Good Samaritan for others
Bible story so that we can understand its meaning for us, much simple to understand the parable to be merciful as your heavenly father
A man comes up to Jesus and asks, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus poses the question back at him and he rightly answers that we are to love God and love our neighbor. Then he asks Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus answers with the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

Who are the Priest, Levite, Samaritan?
Priest - The priests' primary responsibility is to make offerings for the people at the Temple to purify them and gain forgiveness for their sins.
Levite - The Levites were the priestly tribe of Israel. They also worked in the Temple on behalf of the Jewish people.

It is likely that the priest and the Levite did not go near the victim's body because he looked dead and touching a dead body required a ritual washing.
Samaritan - The Samaritans were descendants of the Northern tribes of Israel. Rather than going into exile with the rest of Israel, the Samaritan's ancestors stayed in Israel and intermarried with Gentiles. Therefore, the Jews did not think of them as either Gentiles or Jews. The Jews of Jesus' time did not associate with the Samaritans people.



The question to ask to reflect ourself
- If you be like the priest or the Levite in the story? Why was it hard to help someone in need?
- If you be like the good Samaritan in the story? What made you want to help someone in need?
- If you be like the victim in the story? Who was your Good Samaritan?

Jesus teaches it is better to help with one hand than worshipping with both hands in more detail Jesus as "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice" The priest and Levite were not helping in dead, and touching a dead body required a ritual washing. Where in the Samaritan took pity on and helped him
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? asked Jesus, the man replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
then Jesus "Go and do likewise" teaching us whoever in need of your help is your neighbor.

You may be a priest or Levite or Samaritan help the one in need world lives through mercy No better way to understand to we can do to inherit eternal life "Go and do the same as the Samaritan. As Jesus asked in Mt 25:35 "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat?, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink?" He wants us to be helpful for others In the parable in the man who fell into the hands of robbers is an example in which Jesus can be the man in the hands of robbers So to make ourselves righteous we should not ask when you were? Whatever you do to the least of your brother and sister you do unto me.

So let's be the one to help others as helping Jesus, see Jesus in others in our life through our words and actions. Jesus said Thomas in Jn 20:29 Thomas "because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." We are blessed and believed him, in the same way, to help others with the presence of Jesus in them. Let's share the love of Jesus through our deeds