Are There Any Good Samaritans Left? (Luke 10:25-37)

Share a commentGood Samaritan laws are meant to protect the person who stops to help, but we wanted to go deeper than the courtroom and back to the source. Luke 10:25-37 opens with a lawyer testing Jesus with a loaded question about eternal life, and it quickly turns into a revealing conversation about what God’s law actually demands and what our hearts try to dodge.We follow Jesus’ “pop quiz” moment, where the lawyer correctly summarizes the law: love God with your whole being and love your neighbor as yourself. The tension hits when the lawyer tries to define the boundaries of compassion with one slippery line: “Who is my neighbor?” That question still shows up today whenever we reserve kindness for people who look like us, agree with us, or can pay us back.Then we walk the rough road from Jerusalem to Jericho through the Parable of the Good Samaritan. A priest and a Levite both see the wounded man and change lanes, while the Samaritan, the least expected outsider, stops and gives hands-on care: disinfecting wounds, bandaging, staying through the night, and paying for long-term recovery. The story reframes everything from “Who qualifies?” to “Who proved to be a neighbor?” and it challenges our prejudice, our fear, and our excuses.If you want a clear, practical biblical teaching on compassion, mercy, and what it looks like to live like King Jesus, press play. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend, and leave a review with your answer: who is God calling you to love like a neighbor today?Learn more about twenty-five years of global impact, and reserve tickets to our gala. https://www.wisdomonline.org/mp/25 Learn more at https://www.wisdomonline.org/Support the show