Luke 10:25-37
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Primary comparative texts of Rabbinic Wisdom (inc Great Commandment and Who is My Neighbor). Primary texts about the Judean-Samaritan Feud and Samaritan Theology from (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- Samaritans: New Testament Parallels to the Works of Josephus. From G.J. Goldberg's Flavius Josephus Home Page. (Some of these "parallels" are speculative.)
- Chapter XIV, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.)
- Chapter VI, The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110). (Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.)
- III.XVII.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter II, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- II.15, IV.3, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.2, On The Apparel of Women, Tertullian (c. 202)
- IV.19, IV.25, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter VII, On the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c. 211)
- V.8, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- "Two Great Commandments and the Good Samaritan," Luke 10:25-37, Martin Luther, c. 1525.
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "The law defines our neighbour as anyone at all that we may help."
- Cases and Directions for Loving our Neighbor as Ourselves, Richard Baxter (Puritan, c 1650)
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
- "The believer considers that Jesus loved him, and gave his life for him, when an enemy and a rebel; and having shown him mercy, he bids him go and do likewise."
- From
Wesley's
Notes. John Wesley
(1703-1791).
- "Let us renounce that bigotry and party zeal which would contract our hearts into an insensibility for all the human race, but a small number whose sentiments and practices are so much our own, that our love to them is but self love reflected. With an honest openness of mind let us always remember that kindred between man and man, and cultivate that happy instinct whereby, in the original constitution of our nature, God has strongly bound us to each other."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "His best is mentioned first; for "He who gives outward things gives something external to himself, but he who imparts compassion and tears gives him something from his very self" [GREGORY THE GREAT, in TRENCH]. No doubt the priest and Levite had their excuses--It is not safe to be lingering here; besides, he's past recovery; and then, may not suspicion rest upon ourselves? So might the Samaritan have reasoned, but did not [TRENCH]."
- From
The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "He who fulfills the great law of love is born again. There is no inconsistency. We repent and live, believe and live, obey and live, and love and live. For these are all co-related."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Luke 10:25-37, Amanda Brobst-Renaud, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2019.
- "The Parable of the Compassionate Samaritan preaches from the ditch, binding us up and implicating us at the same time."
- Living by the Word, Kristin Berkey-Abbott, The Christian Century, 2019.
- "Can we behave ourselves into love?"
- "Just Ask," Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2019.
- "I am convinced, more than ever, that the question of the lawyer is the question of faith today."
- "Afflicting the Comfortable," Debie Thomas, Journey with Jesus, 2019.
- "If it hasn't happened yet — your encounter on that dark road — it will."
- A Provocation, Richard Swanson, provokingthegospel, 2019.
- "It cuts through all our excuses about our customary practice, our usual public statements, and asks if we are doing mercy. Or not."
- "The Samaritan: Where is God at Work in the World?" Janet H Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2019.
- "What keeps you from living and loving as the Samaritan did? What might give you new energy or hope to more closely follow the example Jesus offers today?"
- "First, Kill All the Lawyers!" Kim Jenne, 2019.
- "Jesus has given us permission to not solely be moved with pity. Jesus tells us to move it into action."
- "The Prodigal Samaritan," Glenn Monson, Law & Gospel Everywhere, 2019.
- Commentary,
Luke 10:25-37 (Pentecost +8), Mikeal C. Parsons, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2016.
- "In the Lukan context, the parable of the Good Samaritan is prompted by a dialogue between Jesus and a lawyer."
- The Need for Nearness, Karoline Lewis, Dear Working Preacher, 2016.
- "In the end, the Good Samaritan comes near as one who knows the Kingdom is near. And the Kingdom of God comes near when we do the same."
- "Go and Do Likewise," Debie Thomas, Journey with Jesus, 2016.
- "All that matters will be how quickly you swallow your pride and grab hold of that hand you hoped never to touch. How humbly you'll agree to receive help from the enemy you fear."
- "The God We Didn't Expect," David Lose, in the Meantime, 2016.
- "God comes where we least expect God to be because God comes for all."
- "The Politics of Asking the Right Question," D. Mark Davis, Political Theology Today, 2016.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2016.
- "Testing Jesus," Hannah Adams Ingram, Modern Metanoia, 2016.
- Commentary, Luke 10:25-37 | Mark Walker | Pastor, Woodview Church of the Nazarene | A Plain Account, 2016
- "...the phrase 'good Samaritan' has become ubiquitous with one who helps out another in need. Unfortunately, this popularity can dampen the impact of the parable and can provide a challenge to preaching this parable. "
- "Dancing Like a Samaritan," Andrew Prior, One Man's Web, 2016.
- "Becoming A Neighbor," Commented Bible Passages from Taize, 2015.
- "The Samaritan: Where Is God in the World," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the World, 2016,
- "The parable before us this week is so familiar it can be difficult to find anything new to say about it. What helps you to explore stories such as this one in new ways?"
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer.
- "Jesus made a despised Samaritan the example for Jewish people to follow if they wanted to obey the command to "love your neighbor as yourself." That was turning their world upside down: the outcast became the ideal."
- Commentary,
Luke 10:25-37 (Pentecost +8), Michael Rogness, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "We are all "tribal" by instinct and by habit. We are most comfortable with and usually care most about those like us. But now we live side-by-side with people of many different tribes."
- "Good Samaritans All Around," Eric Barreto, ON Scripture, Odyssey Networks, 2013.
- "Perhaps they feared falling into the same condition as the victim of so much violence. Perhaps they thought any help they might provide would be futile. Perhaps they assumed someone else would help. Perhaps then they were not villains so much as utterly common."
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" David Lose, Working Preacher, 2013.
- "So perhaps this week, Working Preacher, we are invited to think about what kind of community we want to be..."
- "A Neighbor is Onoe Who Nurtures the Wounded Enemy," D Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2013.
- "We remember that the man was robbed before being beaten, so the Samaritan's purse is as important as his medicines and care."
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word.
- "Have you ever had an 'eye-opening' experience like mine when you were forced to see who was in front of you all the time? What was that like?"
- Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2013.
- "Go and do likewise," Pentecost 8, Daniel B. Clendenin, The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Journey
with Jesus Foundation, 2013.
- "The kingdom of God shocks our sensibilities and bursts our boundaries. It subverts our sense of what matters most."
- "Neighbor," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
- "Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan, the point of which seems to be that your neighbor is to be construed as meaning anybody who needs you. The lawyers response is left unrecorded."
- "Active Neighbors," Alyce McKenzie, Edgy Exegesis, 2013.
- "The sequence of seeing, having compassion, and acting is a common one in the gospels."
- The Lectionary Lab, Pentecost +8, the Rev'ds Dr. John Fairless and Delmer Chilton (aka "Two Bubbas and a Bible"), 2013. Lectionary Lab Live podcast.
- Who Is My Neighbor? Steve Godfrey, Church in the World, 2013.
- "Where do my gifts, vocation, and avocation create opportunities to bless the lives of others with the steadfast lovingkindness of the gospel of the kingdom of God?"
- "Nothing Special," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2013.
- "Contrary to our culture that is obsessed with all things “spectacular,” it is when we are engaged in the most mundane activities that we make the most difference in another person’s life."
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Commentary,
Luke 10:25-37 (Pentecost +7), Marilyn Salmon, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "The lawyer asks good questions and gives good answers."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
- "Parable of the Good Samaritan," Wikipedia.
-
"The Good Samaritan - Seeing & Doing," David Lose, Working Preacher,
2010.
- "The Samaritan, that is, is the one who recognizes that when it comes to the question of who is our neighbor, there are no rules. Our neighbor, it turns out, is anyone in need. Where does such vision come from? It apparently doesn't come from one's ethnicity, one's religion, ones training, or one's station in life."
-
"First
Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 8,
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Ultimately it is a theological question: whom does God love? Luke has Jesus tell the parable and then neatly reverse the question: Who proved to be neighbour to the man who was beaten up (10:36)? This does two things: it makes us realise that in human community every human person is a neighbour and potentially a caring human being; and it breaks down the hierarchy of helper and helped."
-
"The Neighbor is Near You," Mary Hinkle,
Pilgrim Preaching.
- "Sometimes our theological reflections on how hard the law is or how far from our capacity, as well as our political reflections on how hopeless it is to try to change the system, function as a sophisticated parlor game to keep us occupied while we are avoiding actually doing anything for anyone."
-
Exegetical Notes
by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
- "We are the ones in the ditch and the Samaritan represent God -- God who is both enemy and helper."
-
Lectionary Blogging, John Petty, Progressive Involvement,
2010.
- "For Deuteronomy 6, a neighbor was a member of the tribe of Israel or a resident alien. The lawyer asks, 'Just how far are we supposed to go with this "neighbor business"?'"
-
"Twice Robbed: By Thieves and Lawyers," Peter Woods, I Am
Listening..., 2010.
- "Reflecting on over thirty years of minsitry I recognise that everytime I have kept the rules of the church with regard to who may or may not be baptised, confirmed, married or buried in the Church, inevitably, someone has got hurt or excluded. Usually both. During such times I have always felt such a coward having hidden in the thicket of the law."
-
"Martin Luther King and the Good Samaritan," Paul Bellan-Boyer,
City Called Heaven, 2010.
- "For King, the Samaritan neighbor has flipped the implicit question asked by the passersby (what will happen to me if I help?) and acts on the question 'what will happen to the wounded stranger if I don?t help?'"
-
"Friends in Low Places," Lee Koontz, Reflectious, 2010.
- "Being a Good Samaritan takes more than a change of mind. It takes a change of heart."
-
Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Proper 10C. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
- "Before we point to them as nasty hypocrites, we ought to think long and hard about the roles we embrace (voluntarily, even) that obligate us to particular sets of people in ways that leave us less flexible to respond to the needs of others."
- "Hearing Parables with the Early Church," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
-
"The Good Samaritan,"
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "There is first a heart of compassion and then, from that loving heart, flow many acts of compassion. This is so basic and so true."
- "Beyond the Good Samaritan," a poetic reflection on loving, by William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- Laterally Luke, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
-
"What's Good
about the Good Samaritan?" Robert W. Funk. Reprinted at Beliefnet
from Honest to Jesus: Jesus for the New Millenium.
- "Those who listened to Jesus tell the parable of the Samaritan, as good Judeans, would have expected the third person along that road to be a Judean. The hero of the story would naturally have been one of them. How shocked they must have been when that figure turned out to be a hated Samaritan."
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
-
"Hearing a Parable with the Early Church," Mikeal C. Parsons, (other
resources at)
"Parables,"
Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
- "What would it mean to hear the parables in their final literary form in the ancient Greco-Roman world? Perhaps we too hastily have stripped away the allegorizing of the early and medieval church as secondary embellishments that lead us away from the 'original' message of Jesus."
-
"Toward a Welcoming Congregation," Paul J. Wadell,
(other resources at)
"Hospitality," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2007.
- "In a world that has grown frighteningly guarded and harsh, Christian congregations are called to imitate the 'table manners' of Jesus by being sacraments of God?s hospitality in the world."
- "Great Commandment - Ethics," "Samaritan," "Parable of the Good Samaritan," Wikipedia.
-
"The
Religious Cancer of Racism," James H. Cone. beliefnet.
- "White theologians should study racism as seriously as they investigate the historical Jesus."
-
"Let
Us Be Impatient with Prejudice," William
Sloane Coffin. beliefnet.
- "Vermont's next step should be forward for gays and lesbians."
- Commentary,
Luke 10:25-37, Amanda Brobst-Renaud, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2019.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links)..
- Ateek, Naim, "Who Is My Neighbor?"
Interpretation, 2008. (Issue focus: "Neighbor")
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cogan, Mordechai,
"For We, Like You, Worship Your God: Three Biblical Portrayals of
Samaritan Origins," Vetus Testamentum, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cranfield, C.E.B.,
"The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)," Theology Today, 1954.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Crespy, Georges,
"The Parable of the Good Samaritan - An Essay in Structural Research,"
Semeia, 1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Crossan, John Dominic,
"The Good Samaritan - Towards a Generic Definition of Parable,"
Semeia, 1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Curkpatrick, Stephen,
"Parable Metonymy and Luke's Kerygmatic Framing," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Esler, Philip Francis, "Jesus and the Reduction of
Intergroup Conflict: the Parable of the Good Samaritan in the Light of
Social Identity Theory," Biblical Interpretation, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Enslin, Morton S.,
"The Samaritan Ministry and Mission," Hebrew Union College Annual,
1980.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Frey, Donald E.,
"The Good Samaritan as Bad Economist: Self-Interest in Eceonomicsx and
Theology," Cross Currents, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Funk, Robert W.,
"The Good Samaritan as Metaphor," Semeia, 1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Funk, Robert W.,
"'How Do You Read?' A Sermon on Luke 10:25-37," Interpretation,
1964.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gaudiani, Claire,
"Suppose There Were a Samaritan Today," Cross Currents, 1996.
(A response to the Vincent Harding article, below.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gnanavaram M.,
"'Dalit Theology' and the Parable of the Good Samaritan," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gourgues, Michel,
"The Priest, the Levite, and the Samaritan Revisited: A Critical Note on
Luke 10:31-35," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Graves, Mike,
"Luke 10:25-37: The Moral of the 'Good Samaritan' Story?" Review &
Expositor, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harding, Vincent,
"Martin Luther King and the Future of America," Cross Currents,
1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hawkins, Peter S.,
"The Samaritan Spends the Night," The Christian Century, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Henrich, Sarah,
"Luke-Acts: How Do You Read? (Luke 10:25)?" Currents in Theology
and Mission, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jacobs, Steven L., "Toward the Construction of a
Post-Shoah Interfaith Dialogical Universal Ethic," Zygon, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jones, Peter Rhea,
"The Love Command in Parable - Luke 10:25-37," Perspectives in
Religious Studies, 1979.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Knowles, Michael P.,
"What Was the Victim Wearing? Literary, Economic, and Social Contexts for
the Parable of the Good Samaritan," Biblical Interpretation,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Koyama, Kosuke,
"He Had Compassion," The Christian Century, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Linss, Wilhelm C., "Example Stories," Currents in
Theology and Mission, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - McFarland, Ian A.,
"Who Is My Neighbor?: The Good Samaritan as a Source for Theological
Anthropology," Modern Theology, 2001. (Advance to page 57.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Moessner, Jeanne Stevenson,
"Preaching the Good Samaritan: A Feminist Perspective," Journal for
Preachers, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Patte, Daniel,
"An Analysis of Narrative Structure and the Good Samaritan," Semeia,
1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Phillips, Gary A.,
"'What Is Written? How Are You Reading?' Gospel, Intertextuality and Doing
Likewise: Reading Lk 10:25-42 Otherwise," Semeia, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Powery, Emerson, "Under the Gaze of
the Empire: Who Is My Neighbor?" Interpretation, 19:18.
(Issue focus: "Neighbor")
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Radillo, Rebeca M., "The Embodiment
of Enmity," The Living Pulpit, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Resmer, Adele Stiles,
"Who Is Our Neighbor? Preaching on the Good Samaritan," The Living
Pulpit, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rice, Richard J.,
"Breaking Down Barriers," The Living Pulpit, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Richard, Sue,
"To Whom Am I A Neighbor? Luke 10:25-37; 1 John 3:11-18," Brethren
Life and Thought, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Roberts, Samuel K., "Becoming the Neighbor: Virtue
Theory and the Problem of Neighbor Identity," Interpretation,
2008. (Issue focus: "Neighbor")
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Roukema, Riemer, "The Good Samaritan in Ancient
Christianity," Vigiliae Christianae, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Royse, James R.,
"A Philonic use of PANDOXEION," Novum Testamentum, 1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smith, T.C.,
"The Parable of the Samaritan," Review & Expositor, 1950.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stagg, Frank,
"Luke's Theological Use of Parables," Review & Expositor, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stern, Jay B., "Jesus' Citation of Deuteronomy 6:5
and Leviticus 19:18 in the Light of Jewish Tradition," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1966.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Weeldreyer, Seth E., "Luke 10:25-37, Between Text &
Sermon," Interpretation, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Willson, Patrick J., "Who We Are," The Christian
Century, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Younger, Brett,
"Luke 10:25-37 - Preaching Like the Good Samaritan," Review &
Expositor, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Ateek, Naim, "Who Is My Neighbor?"
Interpretation, 2008. (Issue focus: "Neighbor")
- Sermons:
- "There Are No Bystanders," David Lovelace, 2016.
- "The Rule of Mercy," Rev. Luke Powery, Duke University Chapel, 2013.
- "The View from the Ditch," Richard Lischer, Duke Divinity School's Faith & Leadership, 2011.
- "Tell Me a Story," the Rev. Christopher Henry, Day 1, 2010.
- "Walk with Light," Timothy B. Tyson, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Social Work commencement, 2009.
- "Meeting the Good Samaritan," the Rev. Thomas G. Long, Day 1, 2007.
- "The Reading Lesson," the Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston, Day 1, 2004.
- "Jericho Road," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- "Sermon from a Modern Day Samaritan," 11 July 2004, David Zersen, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" the Rev. Steve Yamaguchi, Day 1, 2001.
- "I Just Love..." Dianne Bergant, CSA, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2004.
- "A Journey Interrupted," John R Donahue, SJ, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2001.
- "Weeping with One Eye," the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts, Day 1, 1996.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 10, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013.
- Storypath, Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story, Union Presbyterian Seminary, 2016.
- "The Good Samaritan," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "The Good Samaritan," Jennifer Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
- "A Kind Man Sees Life and Hope," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "A Neighbor's A Neighbor," children's sermon, coloring page. Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons 4 Kids.
- "Samaritan Neighbor," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "The Good Samaritan," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- "Can't Touch This," Fred Lane, dramatix.
- "The Parable of the Caring American," Fred Lane, dramatix.
- "Spilt Milk," Jenny Mitchell, dramatix.
- "The Good Al-Qaida," Michael English, Milton Parish Church Drama Resources.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Luke 10:29, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Clip Art Images: Luke 10:25-37, Luke 10:25-37, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Luke 10:25-37 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Luke 10:27, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds.
- The Good Samaritan, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
- The Good Samaritan PowerPoint Slide Masters. Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
- Hymns and Music:
- "Who Is My Neighbor?" original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette to the tune of LOBE DEN HERREN ("("Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty")
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Luke 10:27, 29, 34. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Luke
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