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Gerizim and the Jews had brusquely refused. After the incident of the temple the Samaritans had withdrawn to themselves. Jesus’ example of the Samaritan insurgent made a hero out of a race that others would have liked to ignore (Lightfoot 65).
Luke understood this bigotry towards the origin of a person’s birth. He most likely suffered persecution from Jewish Christians because he was a gentile and considered unclean.
Luke also had a personal understanding for the sick and afflicted because he was a physician. His obligation was to heal and one could understand the pain he felt at the thought of one suffering unnecessarily.
God provides countless opportunities to Christians to show the love that they know so well to others. Jesus provided a contrast of one in need with one who blessed (Trench 110). Many times it is easy to forget the countless blessings that are in life and remember things that are lacking. It would have been simple for the Samaritan to look the other way just as the priest and the Levite did. Especially to have a bad attitude with what life had presented him. The Samaritan chose, however, to better himself and help someone less fortunate than himself. Many times God provides an opportunity us to love just like this; He shows us someone that can be walked by without a second glance. It is a Christian’s duty to not just know of God’s love, but to actually experience it and show in their lives. This is the only way to teach others.
The second parable that appears only in Luke is found in chapter twelve in verses sixteen through twenty-one. The parable is told when a man demands for Jesus to tell his brother to split their inheritance with him. Jesus answers by telling the story of a man who keeps his riches to himself and then dies before he can ever make use of them.
Lightfoot compares the parable of the Good Samaritan and the Rich Young Fool stating the first may be the most practical b...