Parables as meaning making

Plan is to present a parable and gain responses

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Good Samaritan

Jesus told parables to get his followers to think about an issue. When a lawyer talked with Jesus about how he might inherit eternal life he knows he must follow the Jewish law – love your neighbour as yourself – and so he asks Jesus, “Who is my neighbour?”

Jesus responds with the story of the Good Samaritan:

30 Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among [b]thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, [c]when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36 So which of these three do you think was neighbour to him who fell among the thieves?” 37 And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Luke 10:30-37 New King James Version https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2010%3A25-37&version=NKJV

How do people today relate to this story? What meaning do they take from it?

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