My favorite Bible Story
When I was in grade school, we had a book that featured a story about the Good Samaritan. I was just interested on the picture illustrated in that page and I did not understand much the whole context. For me, it was just about helping the beggar. As I visit the web on the story about Good Samaritan, it was then that I understand fully the whole selection. The man in the story is a Jew, walking along the road from Jerusalem heading to Jericho when suddenly a group of men jumped out from behind a hill. They took all his belongings and tore off most of his clothes. They didn't want him to follow them so they beat him up very badly, and left him lying and bleeding on the side of the road.
The thing that surprised me was when the priest walking down the same path and did not care to help him and the same thing happened to a Levite (Levites were people that assisted priests with their work) man walking down the road. But the Samaritan came, he went over to him and felt compassion for him. He put bandages on his sores and poured oil and wine on the sores to prevent them from getting worse.
One thing you should know about Samaritans is that Jews didn't like them. Jews usually didn't treat Samaritans very well, so they never got along. The man who was dying on the road was a Jew and the Samaritan had compassion and helped him.
This story tells us that we should always love one another regardless of what their status in the society. (Luke 10:27) And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
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