The Good Samaritan (Discussion Questions)
Categories: Friendship, Golden Rule, Gospel of Luke, Jesus (Parables), Jesus' Commandment - To Love as He Loved
Read Luke 10:25-37
- Read the complete story.
- Who challenged Jesus?
- What are the two great commandments?
- How do we know Jesus loved God?
- How do we know Jesus loved his neighbor as himself?
- How does Jesus define "neighbor"?
- Who is our neighbor?
- Is the Good Samaritan another way of showing how Jesus loved?
- What kind of story does Jesus tell the lawyer? (parable)
- Look at the characters in the story: the priest, the Levite, the Samaritan, the man who was beaten.
- Who might these people be today?
- What if the injured person were someone from a different ethnic group than yours? Would you stop to help?
- Why do you think the two Jews walked away from him?
- Describe the Samaritan.
- Why was it so unusual for him to stop and tend to the man's wounds?
- What if the injured man was from Israel? The United States?
- And what if the Samaritan was a Palestinian? Iraqi?
- Would you expect him to stop and help?
- What did the lawyer learn from this parable?
- What lessons did you learn from this parable?
- How can we all express more compassion and care for one another?
- Does loving your neighbor as yourself help explain how Jesus loved?
- Why is it important for us to be willing to help others?
- How does God see each of us?
- How can we work to see each other the way God sees us?
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