Is Jesus the Good Samaritan?
In Luke 10:25–37 Jesus is confronted by a legal expert who puts him to the test by asking, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Since this is a legal expert, Jesus explores this lawyer’s own understanding of the statutes. And the lawyer does well by citing a combination of Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your…