Who is my neighbor?

Luke 10:25–37

Use your preferred translation.

Whose need do we overlook because helping them complicates our loyalties?

• What does the passage say? Restate it in your own words before interpreting it.
• Who is speaking, and to whom?
• What is the surrounding context — what comes just before and after?
• Which words or phrases repeat or stand out?

1. The lawyer asks “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus ends by asking who proved to be a neighbor. Why change the question?
2. What reasons might the priest and Levite have had for passing by? Which of those reasons do we share?
3. Why might Jesus make the hero a Samaritan rather than an ordinary Israelite?

Who is near you whose need you avoid because helping them would be inconvenient or awkward?

Take one concrete step this week to help someone outside your usual circle.

Ask God to open your eyes to the neighbor you have been passing by.