(October 16, 2013 at 10:07 am)max-greece Wrote: Basically I had this down as another version of the "Do unto others..." speech
That is what it reads like, to me. A man was asking Jesus what he needed to do in order to be saved, and perhaps was trying to seek a loophole when he asked "who is my neighbor?" Note that at the end of the parable, Jesus asks the man "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” And when the man answered that it was the Samaritan, Jesus told him to “go and do likewise.”
In other words, be a "neighbor" to those who need one, instead of looking for ways to avoid helping those in need.
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