Good Samaritan
Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. The Jews at the time despised the Samaritans. Yet maybe for that reason Jesus made a Samaritan the hero of the story. A Jewish man had been robbed on his way to Jericho. He had been robbed, beaten and left for dead. The Samaritan came along and even though two "good" Jewish leaders had ignored the poor man, the Samaritan took care of him. The Samaritan even took him to an inn or hotel in today's terms. He paid the innkeeper to take care of the man and even promised additional pay on his next visit.
This story was how Jesus taught we should take care of anyone who is in need. . . even if the people or person in need is different from us. Race, religion, socioeconomic class etc. are unimportant differences if that person or those people are in need of our help.
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