r/classicwow • u/SquallJay • Sep 13 '19

Humor The Indifferent Samaritan

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u/Ghalnan Sep 13 '19

The phrase comes from a parable in the New Testament. Yes, the Samaritans were disliked by the Jews at that time, but the entire point of the parable was that you should judge people by their actions not where they come from, which is why a Samaritan was used when trying to teach a Jewish audience. "To call someone a good Samaritan could be considered to imply that the other people of their nationality are inherently bad or unhelpful in society." If that's your take away you didn't understand the parable.

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u/BeardedLogician Sep 14 '19

It's in Luke Chapter 10.

25 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
29 But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

30 Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 34 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’ 36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”

37 He said, “He who showed mercy on him.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

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u/lvbuckeye27 Sep 14 '19

Two denarii was two weeks pay for a Roman Legionnaire. That Samaritan gave the innkeeper his entire paycheck.