Bible Study Handout: The Good Samaritan

Bible Study Class Lesson # 208 – The Good Samaritan

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Memory Verse: Matthew 5:7-8 – "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Definitions/ Words to Know  Mercy: compassion or love shown by one person to another  Priest: a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings. Had to remain clean.  Levite: A person from the Tribe of Levi. These people were temple helpers who had to remain clean.  Samaritan: they were outcast people because they were of mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds. They were not fully Jew and so many Jews did not like them.  Lesson # 208 – The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) 1. What shall I do to inherit eternal life? a. Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind i. LORD is actually YHWH, the specific name for the God of the Jews b. Love your neighbor as yourself 2. Who is my neighbor? a. Jesus tells a story to answer the question about a man who was beaten up by robbers and left on the road b. 3 people saw the man on the road i. Who helped the man on the road? 1. The Samaritan c. The Good Samaritan i. Bandaged wounds ii. Set the man on his own animal iii. Brought him to an inn iv. Took care of him v. Gave two denarri for his caretaking in the inn d. Who was neighbor to the man on the road? i. The one who showed mercy on him 3. Application a. God wants us to love God and love our neighbors b. Those who love God and their neighbors receive eternal life Page 1 Walk the Wok Digesting God’s Word, Step by Step