DID YOU KNOW?

The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the best-known stories Jesus tells. Which Gospel has it?

The answer

Luke, and only Luke (Luke 10:29-37). Asked "And who is my neighbor?", Jesus tells of a man beaten by robbers on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. A priest and a Levite pass by. A Samaritan stops and cares for him.

Why it’s interesting

The story turns the question round. Jesus ends by asking which of the three was a neighbor to the man the robbers beat (Luke 10:36). The answer comes back: "The one who showed him mercy" (Luke 10:37).

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