The Good Samaritan

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The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25–37

A parable told in answer to the question 'who is my neighbour?'

How the passage moves

  1. 1

    The question

    A lawyer asks what he must do, then narrows the second command.

    Luke 10:25-29
  2. 2

    The road

    A traveller is robbed on the descent from Jerusalem to Jericho.

    Luke 10:30
  3. 3

    The reversal

    Two temple functionaries pass; a Samaritan stops.

    Luke 10:31-35
  4. 4

    The turn

    The question shifts from who qualifies to who acts.

    Luke 10:36-37

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