Good Samaritan
Jericho road hero
The Good Samaritan is a figure from a parable told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, in which a Samaritan—a member of a group despised by Jews—stops to help a beaten traveler after a priest and Levite pass by.
The story answers the question "Who is my neighbor?" by showing that compassion crosses ethnic and religious boundaries.
Good Samaritan laws take their name from this parable. (Lowercase good samaritan describes any helpful stranger.)
Christian sacred writings
- LukeMasculine biblical name
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
- priestOne who performs sacraments
Levite · innkeeper · robbers · allegory · teaching · lesson · moral · New Testament
Legal or financial obligation
- immunityProtected from harm
- protectionGuarding against harm
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- dutyRequired moral task
legislation · statute · legal protection · lawsuit · indemnity
Bible
Christian sacred writings
priest · Levite · innkeeper · robbers · allegory · teaching · lesson · moral · New Testament · Christianity
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- immunityProtected from harm
- protectionGuarding against harm
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
duty · legislation · statute · legal protection · lawsuit · indemnity
- Jesus ChristChristology, crucifixion, nativity, resurrection, ascension
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
- Biblical ExpressionsGarden of Eden, David and Goliath, prodigal son, forbidden fruit, Tower of Babel
- Biblical imageryLamb of God, bread of life, light of the world, living water, mustard seed
- faith fictioncontemporary Christian, Bible stories, biblical tales, biblical drama, miracle stories
- GospelSermon on the Mount, Beatitudes, Lord's Prayer, Great Commission, Golden Rule
Good Samaritanbystander
One who observes nearby
fair-weather friend · passerby · onlooker · rubbernecker · cold shoulder