Parables of the Kingdom — a sower's arc of golden seed over a dark field

The good SamaritanLuke 10:25-37Length: Standard

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • Who passes by the wounded man, and what does the Samaritan do differently?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • Who is the person you find hardest to see as your neighbor?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What wounded or overlooked person will you stop for this week, and what will it cost you?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who could you retell the story of the Samaritan on the road to this week?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Lord, forgive me for the times I have crossed to the other side of the road. Give me the Samaritan's eyes and hands, so I stop for the wounded people you put in my path.