Luke 10:31

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Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side.

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  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
  • Ps 142:4 : 4 Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter. 12 If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 Wisdom Cannot Protect against Seemingly Chance Events Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge– for time and chance may overcome them all.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Announcement of Sin and Judgment Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
  • Hos 6:9 : 9 The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 “I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and I will no longer accept an offering from you.
  • 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
  • Ruth 2:3 : 3 So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
  • 2 Sam 1:6 : 6 The young man who was telling him this said,“I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.
  • Job 6:14-21 : 14 Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away. 16 They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them. 17 When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place. 18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them. 20 They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed. 21 For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
  • Ps 38:10-11 : 10 My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see. 11 Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.
  • Jas 2:13-16 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment. 14 Faith and Works Together What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

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    32So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

    33But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.

    34He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring olive oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

    35The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying,‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’

    36Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

    37The expert in religious law said,“The one who showed mercy to him.” So Jesus said to him,“Go and do the same.”

  • Luke 10:29-30
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    29But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus,“And who is my neighbor?”

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    11The Grateful Leper Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

    12As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,

    13raised their voices and said,“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

    14When he saw them he said,“Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went along, they were cleansed.

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    30But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

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    26He said to him,“What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”

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    13The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’

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    18Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?”

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    12So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

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    39Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads

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    50He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus.

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    2There right in front of him was a man whose body was swollen with fluid.

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