544th Post Jesus Said Concerning Parables - True Religion Section - Parable of the Good Samaritan Con't. 5th Post - Luke 10: 30 - 37.

Luke 10: 30 -37 Continued 5th Post - The Parable of the Good Samaritan.
We left last post identifying the rescuer.  Of the three, the Samaritan would have the most reasons for not helping a Jew in trouble.  This is Jesus' point.  If you are living for God, you look at other people not as enemies, but as other of God's creation.  Jesus tells us that the Samaritan saw the helpless victim lying there on the road and had compassion for him.  He washed and bandaged his wounds, and took him to an inn and continued to take care of him.  In the morning the Samaritan gave the innkeeper 2 denarii (2 days wages), and said take care of this man, keep track what you spend over this amount and I will repay you upon my return.  This concludes the parable of the Good Samaritan.  Now why did Jesus tell this parable?  If you look in Luke where this parable falls, you will see Jesus had just sent out 72 of His disciples on a mission trip in two's.  The Jews would look at Jesus' disciples and treat them in a similar way as if they were Samaritans. The disciples were not schooled in Religion, as the Pharisees and Sadducees are, nor did they have vast Scripture knowledge.  The Religious leaders thought they were above the common people, and so would not try to help them if they were in trouble.  Jesus was teaching that we all are equal, and only God is above us.  We have to treat everyone like we want to be treated, even if they are our enemies.  This is a very hard lesson to learn, but Jesus expects us to get it right.  How do you score on this??