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The Good Samaritan

Good Samaritan

A traveler was going down a road in Israel when he was attacked by robbers. These bad men took his money and then beat him up very badly. The robbers left him in the middle of the road.

Later a priest was going down the same road. A priest was a religious leader that everyone thought was very important, and was held up as an example of how good people should act. The priest did not stop to help the man. He just stepped around him and continued on his way.

A Levite (a church worker) also traveled along the road. He was also a person everyone respected because of his work and religious devotion. The Levite didn't stop to help the man, either. He just stepped around the man and continued on his way.

A stranger from Samaria came down the road. People from Samaria didn't get much respect from the people in Israel, but this stranger stopped. He did what he could to make the man who was hurt feel better, and then brought him to an inn. The Samaritan paid the innkeeper to give the traveler a room and nurse him back to health. The Samaritan told the innkeeper that whatever he had to spend to take care of the man, the Samaritan would repay him when he came back that way.

When Jesus finished this story, he asked, "Who was the good neighbor to the man on the road?" You can guess the answer!

January 2009

The story in the Bible