#Parable of the Good Samaritan

[apenitentialprayer]

I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you and it as well.

Samwise Gamgee (J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King)

#Christianity #Catholicism #Good Shepherd #Jesus Christ #Adam and Eve #Lord of the Rings #Samwise Gamgee #J.R.R. Tolkien #Parable of the Good Samaritan #suffering #compassion #icon #redemption #grace

[lionofchaeronea]

The Good Samaritan, Théodule Ribot, 1870

#World Kindness Day #art #art history #Theodule Ribot #Theodule-Augustin Ribot #religious art #Biblical art #Christian art #Christianity #New Testament #Gospels #Parables #Good Samaritan #Parable of the Good Samaritan #Realism #Realist art #French Realism #French art #19th century art #Musee des Beaux-Arts de Pau

[livehorsesartpage]

"A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity." Luke 10: 30-33

Made with pencil colors and pens at March 11 of 2024.

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[officialyourdailyinspiration]

When we encounter a person in need, our priority should not be to condemn him with questions about how he entered that situation, but to help him. Today, R.C. Sproul expounds on one of Jesus’ most beloved parables—and one of the most challenging.

#Renewing Your Mind #R.C. Sproul #Parable of the Good Samaritan #August 31 #2022 #renewingyourmind.org

[gastonjerry]

Adult STS Lesson 103 Parable of The Good Samaritan

MEMORY VERSE: “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 neighbor as thyself” (Luke 10:27).                               TEXT: Luke 10:25-42   This study focuses on eternally significant question asked by a certain lawyer (a scribe) during one of the teaching sessions of Jesus:…

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[biblebloodhound]

Luke 10:25-37 - The Parable of the Good Samaritan

We do not need to justify ourselves. We are already justified.

The Good Samaritan by Samuel Nixon. St. Paul’s Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all…

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[jessicalprice]

not every story is a fable

(reposted from Twitter)

So in reading Christian commentary on NT parables, and its wild and ugly claims about first-century Jews and Judaism, I often find myself wondering how they got there. And I think I've discerned the process. 

It goes a little something like this: 

Christians receive traditional interpretations of what the parables “mean." E.g. the prodigal son means you should forgive people, the good Samaritan means you should help people in need. These meanings are, generally, banal.

Rather than reading the parables as stories, Christians read them as fables with a moral. They read them through the lens of that moral instead of approaching them without a predetermined interpretation.

Christians also believe that the parables must contain revolutionary, radical truths.

So now, they somehow have to resolve the idea that the stories are radical with the fact that their received interpretations are obvious/banal/the same thing plenty of other people have said.

And that goes a little something like this: 

Since (what they believe are) the morals of these stories don't sound radical to contemporary Westerners, they project that radicalness backward onto the parable's original context and audience. That is, it must have been radical/shocking at the time, to the people who first heard it.

Now they have to resolve the dilemma of how something that sounds so banal and obvious to us could have been radical and shocking and scandalous(!) to the original listeners.

Most of them aren't going to say "Jesus's Jewish listeners were incredibly malicious and/or incredibly stupid," at least out loud. So they move to: Projecting that onto Jewish culture, Jewish law, "religious law," etc. 

So then they need to make up norms/customs/attitudes that would make the parable "shocking." If they can find a source that maybe seems to say something that hints in that direction, they'll claim it says a lot more than it does and that it was normative. (E.g. Ben Sira saying you can tell things about a man from how he walks ends up meaning "the villagers would have stoned the father for running to greet his long-lost son" and of course that running to greet your long-lost son would be S H O C K I N G to the listeners.)

It's why they love throwing "ritual purity" in there so much. 

The father in the Prodigal Son story wouldn't embrace his son because he was ritually impure! (If the father was out doing farm stuff and wasn't going to the Temple any time soon, most likely, so was he.)

The kohen and the Levite in the Good Samaritan story passed by the dying man on the side of the road because they were afraid he would make them ritually impure! (The story is very clear they were headed AWAY from Jerusalem, and thus the Temple, so no.)

The Pharisee in the Temple has contempt for the tax collector and doesn't want to stand next to him because he's ritually impure! (No, if the tax collector is in the Temple, he is in a state of ritual purity.)

An anthropologist friend of mine told me that when anthropologists/archaeologists are confronted with an object from an ancient culture and they don't know what it's for, the default category is "ritual object."

Did you dig up a weird-shaped ax that doesn't seem well-designed for either being a weapon OR chopping things? Ritual object. 

Find a statue with some odd characteristics? Ritual object.

"Ritual purity" appears to be to Christian understanding of Jewish customs what "ritual object" is to anthropologists. Anything that doesn't make sense to you, put down to "ritual purity."

So, anyway, the process goes like this: 

parables must be shocking > 

they're not shocking to me > 

they must have been shocking to Jews > 

make up supposed Jewish customs/laws/attitudes that would have made normal behavior "shocking"

It’s exhausting. 

(Photo credit: Andrea Piacquadio)

#judaism #antisemitism #jewish parables #jewish readings of the new testament #good samaritan #prodigal son #pharisee and tax collector #ritual purity #get the term ritual purity out of your mouths christians #you get it wrong every time #jumblr

[qui-qui-quee]

I gotta admit something out loud guys.

These days, I often find that hanging out with nonbelievers is more refreshing than with fellow believers.

And no it’s not cuz I wanna “live like the world” or I’m “too prideful to listen when being told I’m sinning.” See that’s the thing… it’s cuz they’re less likely to focus on your sin over your personhood. Unless you did something absolutely horrible like abuse a person or commit a violence, they’re not gonna point fingers over how you conduct yourself in life or immediately question even in their heads if you're doing a bad. They focus on you as a person, love and show grace, and we as Christians should do well to take note of that.

Like Scripture implies or has directly said, sometimes it’s the nonbelievers that do better than us.

PS They're also less likely to make their communities sound like obligatory mission fields where you need to share this and that, and just like to chill, doing the things they love doing 😂

#it's just like the parable of the good Samaritan #qooky rambles #to be fair i do hang out with arguably more mature people #so this isnt a universal experience #but i get surprised a lot these days

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Me: [gets recognition for doing something good, completely of my own volition, with no outside influence whatsoever]

My dad: “I know you did something wonderful; but I want to say one thing to you: Never forget Jehovah. He’s the reason why you tick the way you do.”

Dad? I am one step away from opening the metaphorical can of beans and having to tape it shut again for the second time within the span of a year. My sanity is hanging on one fucking thread. Do not do this to me. Please. For once in your sorry fucking life do not do this to me, or anyone else. I feel like I’m being punished. Stop it.

#exjw #I know what he’s gonna fucking do. He’s gonna hold me up as an example of how wonderful Jehovah’s organization is #AT THE CEREMONY I AM INVITED TO #Can’t I have just ONE (what is supposed to be) happy moment to myself without him ruining it? #vent post #“Yeesssss my daughter is amazing isn’t she? Do you want to know WHY she saved someone? Hm? #Because she’s one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and she believes in the sanctity of all life and also the moral of the Good Samaritan parable.” #And I can’t uninvite them. God I wish I hadn’t told them about any of my achievements. #ex cult #This is why I’m moving out #“I want to frame it.” No! You don’t get to frame it. I don’t want it framed. I’d rather have it in a folder. #Because it’s my award; not yours; and certainly not your imaginary deity’s #I’m already uncomfortable with praise as it is; don’t make it worse

[alphashley14]

Meddling travelers upon a road they should not have been on, unaware of the ill intent that awaits…

Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season 1, Episode 25, ‘Pawn of Shadows’

#scooby doo mystery incorporated #sdmi #sdmi gifs #gifset #my gifs #the original mystery incorporated #brad chiles #judy reeves #Ricky owens #cassidy williams #Professor Pericles #giphy #the Good Samaritan parable reference

[momentsbeforemass]

Can you tell?

The Good Samaritan.

It’s a parable people know, even if they don’t know Jesus. And it’s today’s Gospel.

One of the classic spiritual exercises is to picture yourself as one of the characters in a parable.

Ask yourself, if you had to choose, which character is most like you? Whose actions are closest to what you would do? Who are you in this story?

And then re-read the parable from that person’s viewpoint.

If you really try to do it, if you take your time and let that person’s perspective soak in? If you sit with the feelings of that person?

It won’t just change how you see the parable. It can change how you see yourself. It can give you a real window onto your own soul.

Of course, with the Good Samaritan, there’s no question about which character you and I are supposed to be:

Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim?"

He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy."

Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

That’s who I’m supposed to be. If I’m a Christian.

I don’t mean someone who says they’re a Christian or who makes a bunch a Jesus-sounding noises.

I mean, if I’m really a Christian. If I’m trying to live my life as a follower of Christ, then it should be obvious where I fit into the parable of the Good Samaritan.

If that’s true, then here’s the real question. Looking at me and how I live my life – do you know where I fit into this parable?

Can you tell?

Today’s Readings

#Can you tell? #Good Samaritan #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Real Christian #Parable #Moments Before Mass

[apenitentialprayer]

Love Pope Benedict XVI's Jesus of Nazareth for many reasons, but today it's because he pointed out that the Parable of the Good Samaritan occurs in Luke shortly after a real town of flesh-and-blood Samaritans spurned him

#Jesus Christ #Christianity #Catholicism #Pope Benedict #Parable of the Good Samaritan #Gospel of Luke

[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’

- Martin Luther King Jr

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[julio-claudian-saberface]

#bible fandom #i am awful #incorrect quotes #bad photoshop #context is someone offended that the parable of the good samaritan had a samaritan instead of a generic jewish dude

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Good Samaritan

25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 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." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." — Luke 10:25-37 | Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Deuteronomy 6:24; Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 19:18; Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 10:5; Matthew 18:28; Matthew 19:16; Matthew 24:34; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:52; Luke 10:38; Luke 16:15; Luke 18:31; Luke 19:28

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[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Anonymous Artist The Good Samaritan, Germany, 18th century “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Luke 6:31 Two of Jesus’s most well-known parables appear only in the Gospel of Luke but are very much a part of His message throughout His ministry. The first is known as the Parable of the Good Samaritan. “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’“ (Luke 10:30-37) It is difficult to overstate the impact this parable must have had on Jesus’s audience. A man is traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, a route known to be dangerous, where criminals lie in wait for unwary travelers. Sure enough, the man is attacked, beaten, and left by the side of the road. Two prominent members of the Jewish clergy come upon the scene and scuttle by on the other side of the road. And who becomes the hero of the tale? A man from Samaria, a region widely reviled in Galilee and Judea, whose people were considered unclean, inferior, and not to be valued or respected. To the traditional Jewish listeners, this parable must have come like a bolt from the blue, as it surely was not what they expected.

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