Good Samaritan

The Parable of the Good Samaritan, Luke 10:30-36. With the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus taught that our neighbor is anyone who needs our help, regardless of race, creed, color, nationality, condition, or location. If we have love, we can't just pass by someone in need; we'll take action, like the Samaritan did. That's the difference between pity and compassion. Pity just feels sorry; compassion does something about it. The compassionate put feet to their prayers and kind deeds to their kind words. Love is making a connection between God and somebody who needs His love, and we do that by showing others His real love and manifesting it by genuine proving action. "The love of Christ compels us."