BW- Reputation vs. Character What matters more: a person’s reputation, or a person’s character? Why?

Lk. 10:26-29 My Neighbor? Where does v. 27 come from? What is the key question this passage tries to address?

Who is YOUR Neighbor? How would you answer the lawyer’s question? What criteria do you use? “Neighbor” in this world meant “my fellow Jew”

Lk. 10:30-32 Passers By Who passes the wounded man by? Why do you think they don’t stop to help him?

Passers By Wounded man passed by _______ and _______ Both are worried about ritual purity Touching a corpse or blood makes you “unclean”

Parable of the good Samaritan Priest: a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings. Had to remain clean. Levite: A person from the Tribe of Levi. These people were temple helpers who had to remain clean.

Samaritans Lk. 10:33-35 How does the Samaritan respond to the wounded man? Who were the Samaritans?

Samaritans Samaritan: they were outcast people because they were of mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds. They were not fully Jew and so many Jews did not like them.

Hi, Neighbor! Jesus identifies the one who shows mercy / helps others as a neighbor Expands the concept to include outsiders / enemies Redefines role based on service not receiving help

Allegory Allegory- a device in which characters or events in a story, poem, or picture represent or symbolize ideas and concepts

St. Augustine’s Interpretations: Good Samaritan Story: Interpretations: Jerusalem A- The Church Jericho B- Satan Robbers C- The Torah Priest D- Jesus Levite E- Jesus’ Second Coming Samaritan F- Heaven Inn G- Earth Samaritan’s Return H- The Prophets