Which one proved to be a neighbor to the man who got hurt? The one who showed mercy
Good morning. So this dude was going from Jerusalem to Jericho and some robbers beat him
up and left him for dead. And by chance a priest was
going down that road, and when he saw
him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite
also, when he came to the place and
saw him, passed by on the other side (he must’ve been
going in the same direction or it would
have just said that he passed him by and would not have
said on the other side). It’s getting as
busy as I-4 going towards Orlando. But a hated Samaritan,
who was on a journey came to the
place and saw him and felt compassion. It does not say in
which direction the Samaritan was
going. If he had been going the opposite direction, he
would have seen the priest and the
Levite and would now realize that they had not stopped to
help the man. He bandaged his
wounds, put him on his own beast, brought him to an inn
and took care of him. It does not say
how far away the inn was nor which direction. Remember
the whole trip was only 17 miles. The
next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the
innkeeper. Take care of him and
whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.
One coin was worth a full day’s
wages. We don’t know how much it cost just to spend the
night; so we don’t know if this was a
lot or simply how much it would cost for a two nights
stay. The innkeeper must have known
him and that he was good for the money. Which one proved
to be a neighbor to the man who
got hurt? The one who showed mercy. He couldn’t even
bring himself to say the word
Samaritan. Go and do the same. He thought he had Jesus
right where he wanted Him; but in
the end, he was the one that was gotten. Father thank You
that we can be a neighbor to those
around us. Help people to be good neighbors to us and to
help us in whatever way we
need.
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