545th Post Jesus Said Concerning Parables Con't. - Parable of the Good Samaritan 6th Post - Luke 10:30 - 37 Con't.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan Continued 6th Post. Luke 10: 30 - 37.
We have introduced the people in the story and told you something about them to help you to understand this parable.  Now we are going to look at who asked the question that caused Jesus to tell this story.  The story starts at Luke 10: 25.  When you turn in your Bible to this verse it says that a lawyer stood up and put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"  This account makes sure you understand that the person asking the question is a lawyer.  This is a man who makes his living working in the world, and not a Religious leader.  This man knows the Scriptures, as explained by his answer to Jesus' question to him in verse 26. "What is written in the Law?  How do you read it?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."  This is the She'ma law passed down from Moses that all Jews were to teach their children.  This was commanded to be written on their gate posts, door posts, on their heads and at their fingertips.  This lawyer by answering Jesus in this way, showed that he was a believer in the law.  I have run out of space again and will continue next post.