Emphasis Preaching Journal
The parable of the Good...
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The parable of the Good Samaritan forces us to wrestle with the answer to the question, "Who is my neighbor?" The priests and the Levite had no time to help the beaten traveler. Only a hated Samaritan stopped and aided the battered victim of street crime who laid alongside the dusty road from Jericho to Jerusalem.
Kenneth Bailey says, in Through Peasant Eyes, "The priest only goes down the road. The Levite comes to the place. The Samaritan comes to the man."1
Kenneth Bailey says, in Through Peasant Eyes, "The priest only goes down the road. The Levite comes to the place. The Samaritan comes to the man."1
