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Luke 10:27; And he answered, "YOU SHALL 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 YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."
Luke 10:28; And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."
Luke 10:29; But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Luke 10:30; Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
Luke 10:31; "And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:32; "Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:33; "But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
Luke 10:34; and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Luke 10:35; "On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.'
Luke 10:36; "Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"
Luke 10:37; And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."
The story if the good Samaritan is not a popular teaching in many churches anymore.
But it seems the person asking Jesus "who is my neighbor" was comfortable with Loving God with all of his strength.
But Jesus has a way of checking to see if we are comfortable "loving our neighbor as ourself".
The Samaritans were of course considered half-breeds, and the Jews did not care for them. Yet in this story the Samaritan is the only truly caring person.
I wonder, how many of us.. given the opportunity, would love our neighbors as the Samaritan loved this man.
I wonder how many of us have done something similar to this story?
Luke 10:28; And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."
Luke 10:29; But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Luke 10:30; Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.
Luke 10:31; "And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:32; "Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
Luke 10:33; "But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
Luke 10:34; and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Luke 10:35; "On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.'
Luke 10:36; "Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"
Luke 10:37; And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same."
The story if the good Samaritan is not a popular teaching in many churches anymore.
But it seems the person asking Jesus "who is my neighbor" was comfortable with Loving God with all of his strength.
But Jesus has a way of checking to see if we are comfortable "loving our neighbor as ourself".
The Samaritans were of course considered half-breeds, and the Jews did not care for them. Yet in this story the Samaritan is the only truly caring person.
I wonder, how many of us.. given the opportunity, would love our neighbors as the Samaritan loved this man.
I wonder how many of us have done something similar to this story?
