Parable of the

Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

VOCAB MALONE
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EXPERT IN MOSAIC LAW

SPECIALIST IN “TRADITION OF THE ELDERS”

MOST IN JESUS’ DAY WERE PHARISEES

“LAWYER”
LUKE 10:25
Scribe in Jaffa copies a Yemenite Torah scroll
LUKE 10:26 TEACHES US …

1. We must show what we believe from Scripture

- not mere culture, traditions, or indoctrination.

2. We can be right on a theological truth …

but miss the importance
of practicing love for neighbor …
THE SHEMA

DEUTERONOMY 6:5
YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.

Nash Papyrus (ca. 150 bc)

Ten Commandments and the Shema
PHYLACTERIES
TEFILIN STRAPS
Leviticus 19:18 – FELLOW ISRAELITE
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons
of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as
yourself: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:34 – NON-ISRAELITES, TOO

You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the
native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you
were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
LUKE 10:27
TOTAL DEVOTION TO GOD

HEART (Gr. kardia)

inner life, not only emotion, but also emotions. Deepest convictions. in Hebr.
Tradition: seat of intellect & will. LXX translates Hb. “heart” to “mind” /
“understanding”

SOUL (Gr. psychē)

personality, the conscious being. Immaterial part of a person’s being. the vital
principle, in Hebr. the breath of life; self or personality.

MIND (Gr. dianoia)

capacity to think. Reason. Intellect.

STRENGTH (Gr. ischui)

can be physical strength but also Force, even “with the whole force of your
personality”. How a person uses the abilities he/she has
LUKE 10:28
THOU SHALT LIVE / this do.

Anglican minister E.W. Bullinger in the Companion Bible, 1922:

“No one ever did it, because the Law was given that, being convicted of
our impotence, we might thankfully cast ourselves on His
omnipotence”.

Gal. 3:6–14, 22–25

Romans 3:20-21
LUKE 10:29
ways to respond …

(1) acknowledge sin, ask for mercy

(2) focus only on what we do well, pretend we don’t

fail in other ways

(3) minimize God’s holiness by downgrading the

demands of God’s commands
LUKE 10:30
JERUSALEM FROM
THE JERICHO
ROAD
MT. OF OLIVES FROM
THE JERICHO ROAD
JUDEAN WILDERNESS,
HALFWAY BETWEEN
JERUSALEM AND
JERICHO.
LUKE 10:31
THE PRIEST
LUKE 10:32
THE LEVITE
LUKE 10:33
THE SAMARITAN
THE SAMARITANS
LUKE 10:34-35
 Parable of
the Good VOCAB MALONE

Samaritan

Luke 10:36-37