The True Definition Of A Good Samaritan, What They Didn’t Teach You In Sunday School
A man was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, brutally beat him and left him for dead.
A priest happened to be going down the same road, saw the man in pain and passed by on the other side. A Levite man came by and when saw the man visibly in pain he too passed by on the other side.
But a when the Samaritan came down the road and saw the man in pain he took pity on him. He went to him, bandaged his wounds, and put the man on his donkey. He brought him to an inn and took care of him.
You probably know this story as the story of the good Samaritan. But do you know the meaning behind it? No not just helping people in need, do you know what it really means to be a good Samaritan?
Jesus told the parable in response to an expert of the law who questioned the verse, “love thy neighbor as thyself” by asking “And who is my neighbor?”.
I’m sure he wasn’t the first person to ask this question and he wasn’t the last. In fact, I would argue that many of us, including Christians, still struggle to discern who our neighbor is.
Most of us, when we think of a neighbor, imagine the person who lives next door that’s always having a party…
