Reference

PENTECOST 5 - Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37

The familiarity we have with the parable of the Good Samaritan has an unfortunate tendency to cause us to miss the larger context in which Jesus told the story. There is no question that it has to do with fulfilling the command to "love our neighbour as ourselves," but Jesus tweaks this understanding to deepen what we do with that...