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Go and do like the Samaritan

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Bible scripture : Luke 10: 36~37 (NIV)

Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise.

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There were always a lot of people following Jesus around.

Among those gathered there were wicked men who tried to embarrass Jesus by asking him difficult questions.

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Today, a scribe stepped forward and asked a question to embarrass Jesus. “Teacher, what must I do to obtain eternal life?” Jesus already knew that the man was testing him.

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After receiving the scribe's question, Jesus asked the scribe again.
“What is written in the Law, and how did you read it?”

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This scribe gave a very confident answer. He said, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind,' and also, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

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Jesus spoke to the man again. “Your answer is correct, do what you say.”
This scribe asked Jesus one more question. “Then who is my neighbor?”

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Jesus told a story in answer to the scribe's question. This is the story Jesus told.

A Jew was traveling alone on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

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But on the way to Jericho, he met a group of robbers on the road.

The robbers took everything the traveler had.
The robbers even stripped the man of his clothes and left him almost dead.

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Just then, a priest who was known to serve God was passing by and found this man who had collapsed and was dying. But instead of helping this man,
the priest pretended not to know and ran away on the other side of the road.

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After some time, another person was coming there. This man was a Levite who worked in God's temple. The Levite pretended not to know the dying man and passed by as if he were running away to the other side of the road like a priest.

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After the two had passed, the third man who passed by was a Samaritan.

At that time, the Jews did not treat the Samaritans as human beings and ignored them.

The Jews hated them so much that they went around the long way because they thought it unclean to step on the land, even though they could go quickly if they passed through the land of Samaria while traveling.

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But this Samaritan stopped on his way and began to heal the Jew.

He poured olive oil and wine on his wounds, disinfected them, and bandaged them.

Surprisingly, he put the man on his own beast and took him to a nearby inn and cared for him whole night.

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The next morning, the Samaritan gave the innkeeper his two silver coins.

“Take good care of this person. If you don't have enough money, I'll give you more when I get back,” and he left.

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After this story, Jesus asked the scribe.

“Which of these three do you think was the neighbor of the Jew who was attacked by robbers?”

The scribe reluctantly answered.

“This is the Samaritan who had mercy on him.”

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Jesus said to the scribe who asked the question to embarrass Himself. “Once you know that, do the same to you as this Samaritan.” This scholar of the law knew the word of God well, but he was a person who did not practice the word properly. He tried to embarrass Jesus, but rather ended up being praised.

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We, who believe in Jesus and are saved, must ponder deeply the meaning of the story Jesus told us today. The word that says to think of your neighbor as your body does not mean that you have to decide who you like or dislike.
To anyone who needs my help, I must do as this Samaritan did.

We must remember that true neighborly love is to look out for those around us who need our help and help them with what they need, and strive to become a person who puts it into practice.

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