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And Jesus told him this story. The Christian Story of the Good Samaritan. Once, there was a Jewish man who was travelling from Jerusalem to his home in Jericho. The road was rocky and ran through ...

In the parable of the good Samaritan, Jesus makes it clear — a neighbor can be anyone, found anywhere, and helped without ...

When questioned, Jesus shared the parable of the Good Samaritan. He told of a man beaten and left for dead on the road to Jericho. Two individuals who were expected to help walked past him ...

Thomas, Nora and their teacher are standing on a sandy dirt road beside a sycamore tree. They are in Jericho ... it says that one day, as Jesus was passing through town, Zacchaeus climbed ...

Is not the man who, on the way from Jerusalem to Jericho, fell among robbers who stripped him and left him half-dead and bleeding beside the road, the image of humanity par excellence? Jesus' fall ...