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 Well, this morning we find Jesus having a conversation with a lawyer.

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 And we're in Luke chapter 10, verse 25.

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! Have you ever sat down to get help from a lawyer with something?

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! It's a fearful business.

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 I'm always wondering, you know, if I ask just one more question,

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 how much will that extra five minutes cost me?

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 Fifty bucks?

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 Lawyers are expensive.

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 So we try to stay out of their offices, but sometimes we need their counsel.

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 Well, today we read about a conversation where Jesus is talking to a lawyer,

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 and who do you think ends up giving counsel to whom?

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 Let's read it from Luke chapter 10, starting in verse 25.

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 On one occasion, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus.

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 Teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 What is written in the law?

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 Jesus replied.

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 How do you read it?

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 He answered, love the Lord your God with all your heart,

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 and with all your soul, and with all your strength,

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 and with all your mind.

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 And, love your neighbor as yourself.

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 You've answered correctly, Jesus replied.

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 Do this, and you will live.

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 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus,

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 And who is my neighbor?

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 In reply, Jesus said,

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 A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,

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 when he was attacked by robbers.

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 They stripped him of his clothes,

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 beat him,

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 and went away, leaving him half dead.

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 A priest happened to be going down the same road,

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 and when he saw the man,

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 he passed by on the other side.

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 So too, a Levite,

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 when he came to the place and saw him,

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 passed by on the other side.

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 But a Samaritan,

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 as he traveled,

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 came where the man was,

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 and when he saw him,

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 he took pity on him.

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 He went to him and bandaged his wounds,

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 pouring on oil and wine.

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 Then he put the man on his own donkey,

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 brought him to an inn,

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 and took care of him.

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 The next day,

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 he took out two denarii

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 and gave them to the innkeeper.

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 Look after him, he said,

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 and when I return,

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 I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.

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 Which of these three do you think

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 was a neighbor to the man

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 who fell into the hands of robbers?

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 The expert in the law replied,

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 the one who had mercy on him.

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 Jesus told him,

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 go and do likewise.

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 So Jesus has this conversation

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 with an expert in the law.

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 Some translations say a lawyer.

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 Back in Jesus' day,

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 there were these sort of religious lawyers,

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 and they weren't exactly like the kind

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 that we're used to sitting down in the office of

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 here in town,

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 or like the classic defense attorney

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 types of lawyers.

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 They were sort of religious lawyers.

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 But that didn't mean that they were just focused

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 on spiritual things either.

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 They were kind of like lawyers

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 who gave interpretations

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 and rulings based on the law of Moses

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 as it related to life in the community.

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 And so they would give rulings

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 and decisions on ritual purity and impurity,

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 Sabbath observance,

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 inheritance,

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 marriage,

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 divorce,

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 business disputes,

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 tithes,

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 and more.

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 Their status and their work as lawyers

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 depended on knowing the Old Testament law

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 meticulously.

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 And so this expert in the law,

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 this lawyer,

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 stands up,

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 and we notice that he has a purpose.

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 Luke says,

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 he stands up to test Jesus.

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 This is an interesting word.

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 In this context,

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 to test Jesus means

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 to subject him to a test

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 in order to prove something.

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 Now just what he hopes to prove

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 or what the lawyer would consider

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 a pass or a fail,

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 we don't know.

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 But what we do know

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 is that the lawyer asks his question

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 with an agenda.

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 The question he asks is,

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 what must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 But his purpose in asking this

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 is not simply to learn.

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 It's not to get the answer

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 to something that he's been

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 wondering about for a long time.

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 He asks this question

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 as a test.

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 And if we're kind of reading

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 and understanding,

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 I think the context here,

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 it's because he thinks of himself

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 as someone capable

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 of grading Jesus' answer.

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 That's what this man did.

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 He was a religious lawyer.

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 He gave rulings

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 on all kinds of things

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 pertaining to the law.

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 And so I think he asks

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 this question of Jesus

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 to test him.

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 And I think he intends

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 to sort of make a ruling,

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 to give a grade,

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 to judge Jesus' answer

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 and see if it measures up

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 to his own.

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 Well, Jesus is the wisest person

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 who has ever walked

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 the face of the earth.

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 Look at how Jesus responds.

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 Jesus responds

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 not with an answer

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 because he knows

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 that there's an agenda

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 behind the question.

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 And so Jesus responds

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 to the question

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 with a question.

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 What must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 What is written in the law?

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 How do you read it?

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 See what Jesus did there?

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 I mean,

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 he basically just asked

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 the guy

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 to answer his own question.

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 He basically says,

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 you tell me.

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 How do you read it?

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 You're the lawyer.

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 You know,

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 what do you think it says

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 in the law about this?

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 And the lawyer

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 can't help himself.

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 He takes the bait.

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 I mean,

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 he could have really said here,

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 well,

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 I asked you.

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 I want to hear

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 what you think.

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 But no,

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 he doesn't say that.

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 Instead,

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 the lawyer

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 goes ahead

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 and answers

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 his own question.

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 And suddenly,

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 the roles

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 are completely reversed.

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 Now,

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 the expert

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 is answering

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 his own question,

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 but Jesus

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 is the one

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 evaluating

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 his answer.

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 And the tables

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 are turned.

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 Well,

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 how does the lawyer

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 answer his own question?

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 What does he think

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 that he needs to do

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 to inherit

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 eternal life

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 according to

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 the law of Moses?

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 The lawyer

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 recites two commandments

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 from the law.

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 Probably most of us

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 are familiar with these.

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 The first comes

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 from Deuteronomy

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 5.

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 Love the Lord

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 your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your strength

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 and with all your mind.

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 And,

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 love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 Found in Leviticus 19,

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 verse 18.

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 Well,

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 what do you notice

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 about the man's answer?

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 What does it remind you of?

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 Where have we heard

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 that answer before?

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 From Jesus.

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 When?

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 Before or after this?

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 It comes after.

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 In the week

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 prior to Jesus' death,

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 there's another

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 expert in the law

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 who asked Jesus,

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 what's the greatest

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 commandment in the law?

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 And,

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 this is

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 almost verbatim.

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 There's a few other

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 things added in,

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 but,

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 this is Jesus' answer.

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 Love the Lord

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 your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your strength

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 with all your mind.

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 That's the greatest

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 commandment.

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 And then he adds,

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 and the second

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 is like it.

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 Love your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 That's found in

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 Matthew 22,

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 37.

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 All the law

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 and the prophets

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 hang on these two,

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 says Jesus.

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 But,

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 Jesus says that later.

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 Did Jesus get the answer

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 from this lawyer?

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 Well,

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 of course not.

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 I think we kind of

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 know that.

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 Here's my idea.

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 Now,

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 I can't prove this,

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 but,

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 we know from the

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 gospel accounts

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 that Jesus often

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 taught the same things

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 from place to place.

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 All throughout

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 his ministry.

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 Even within Luke's

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 gospel,

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 there's repetition

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 of the same things

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 in different places

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 and different contexts.

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 And so,

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 my idea,

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 I'm betting that

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 long before Jesus

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 came to Jerusalem

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 in the week prior

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 to his death,

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 he was telling people

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 that the most important

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 thing they need to do

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 is to love the Lord

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 their God

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 with all their heart.

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 And the second

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 most important,

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 to love their neighbor

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 as themselves.

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 I'm betting that

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 this man has

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 already heard

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 whether first hand

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 or second hand,

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 Jesus

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 has said this.

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 Maybe he's even

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 eager to give

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 this answer to Jesus

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 because he knows

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 it's the right answer.

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 It's the answer

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 that Jesus

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 has given

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 before.

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 And so,

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 I think that

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 the expert

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 has the right answer

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 to his own question

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 because he has

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 Jesus' answer

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 to the question.

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 Well,

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 let's keep going.

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 Verse 28,

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 Jesus says,

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 you have answered

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 correctly.

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 Do this

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 and you will live.

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 Again,

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 Jesus is so

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 wise,

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 he affirms

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 that the man's

00:10:42.540 --> 00:10:43.860
 answer is right.

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 You got it right.

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 You already know

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 the right answer

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 to your question.

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 But notice that

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 little bit

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 that Jesus adds

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 at the end.

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 Do this

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 and you will live.

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 It's so subtle.

00:11:02.420 --> 00:11:03.160
 Jesus sort of

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 raises another

00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:05.200
 matter here.

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 Like,

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 you can know this.

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 You can have

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 the right answer.

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 but are you

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 actually

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 doing it?

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 Are you

00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.399
 loving God

00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:17.939
 with all your

00:11:17.939 --> 00:11:18.259
 heart?

00:11:19.579 --> 00:11:20.340
 Are you

00:11:20.340 --> 00:11:21.340
 loving your

00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:21.679
 neighbor

00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:23.439
 as yourself?

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 If you are,

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 then yes,

00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:26.299
 you will live.

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 You will inherit

00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.179
 eternal life.

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 It's just a

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 subtle statement

00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:31.659
 Jesus makes.

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 You've answered

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 correctly.

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 do this

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 and you will

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 live.

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 Well,

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 now,

00:11:39.800 --> 00:11:40.300
 all of a

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 sudden,

00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:42.300
 the man's

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 attitude

00:11:42.800 --> 00:11:43.879
 and his

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 heart

00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:45.180
 come out.

00:11:45.920 --> 00:11:46.899
 His agenda

00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:47.740
 comes out.

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 We see

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 kind of where

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 he's coming

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 from.

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 Verse 29,

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 he wanted

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 to justify

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 himself.

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 So,

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 he asked

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 Jesus,

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 and who

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 is my

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 neighbor?

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 This is

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 where we

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 see

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 things come

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 into clarity

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 for who

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 this man

00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:11.039
 is and

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 what kind

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 of an

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 attitude

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 he's bringing

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 into this

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 moment.

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 It's almost

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 like he just

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 didn't get

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 the satisfaction

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 he was

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 looking for

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 with the

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 first exchange.

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 I don't

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 know,

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 maybe he

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 was looking

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 for some

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 congratulations

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 and applause

00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:27.039
 from Jesus

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 for getting

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 the right

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 answer.

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 Maybe he

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 was hoping

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 that everyone

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 would see

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 that and hear

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 that.

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 Oh,

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 yes,

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 he knew

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 it all

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 along.

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 He really

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 was an

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 expert.

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 There was

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 something,

00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:41.379
 it seems,

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 unsatisfying

00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:43.060
 about Jesus'

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 response when

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 Jesus just

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 kind of says,

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 yep,

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 you're right.

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 Do that

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 and you will

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 live.

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 And so

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 the man

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 tries a

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 second

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 question.

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 Another

00:12:54.780 --> 00:12:55.740
 matter of

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 the law.

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 And I'm

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 guessing that

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 like the

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 first question,

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 he probably

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 has in

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 mind what

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 the right

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 answer is

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 or at

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 least what

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 his answer

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 is.

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 You know,

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 here's a

00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:06.840
 tricky one,

00:13:06.900 --> 00:13:07.139
 Jesus.

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 Let's see

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 how you

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 answer this.

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 Who is

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 my neighbor?

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 Who

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 exactly am

00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:19.120
 I commanded

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 by God

00:13:19.640 --> 00:13:20.120
 to love?

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 who qualifies

00:13:22.800 --> 00:13:23.220
 as my

00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:23.480
 neighbor?

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 How many

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 houses down

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 the street

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 does that

00:13:26.520 --> 00:13:27.220
 extend to?

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 And the

00:13:29.900 --> 00:13:30.560
 man's heart

00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:32.139
 is revealed

00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:32.740
 in this

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 second question

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 because it's

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 the kind

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 of question

00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:35.980
 that asks,

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 what's the

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 minimum

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 required

00:13:38.740 --> 00:13:40.100
 to fulfill

00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:41.340
 my obligation

00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:41.840
 to God?

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 Who counts

00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:43.860
 as my

00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.139
 neighbor?

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 and then

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 it's here

00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:48.720
 that Jesus

00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.220
 answers

00:13:49.220 --> 00:13:50.220
 with the

00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:50.620
 parable.

00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:52.559
 Jesus

00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.220
 tells him

00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:54.080
 a little

00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:54.559
 story.

00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.120
 The story

00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.639
 starts with

00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.000
 a man

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:57.620
 who gets

00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:57.980
 robbed

00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:58.399
 on his

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 way

00:13:58.740 --> 00:13:59.279
 from

00:13:59.279 --> 00:13:59.840
 Jerusalem

00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:00.699
 to

00:14:00.699 --> 00:14:01.199
 Jericho

00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:02.620
 and it's

00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:03.120
 actually more

00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:03.500
 than just

00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.019
 a robbery.

00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:04.980
 Jesus

00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:05.399
 says that

00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:05.899
 the robbers

00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.399
 attacked

00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:06.720
 him

00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:07.779
 and beat

00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:08.039
 him.

00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:09.899
 So this

00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:10.419
 is robbery

00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:11.039
 by force.

00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:11.519
 This is

00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:12.259
 first a

00:14:12.259 --> 00:14:12.639
 mugging

00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.500
 and then

00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:14.500
 a robbery.

00:14:16.459 --> 00:14:17.139
 One of

00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:17.779
 the details

00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.539
 that especially

00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:19.219
 at least

00:14:19.219 --> 00:14:19.699
 to me

00:14:19.699 --> 00:14:20.519
 is striking

00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:21.179
 in this

00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:21.819
 little story

00:14:21.819 --> 00:14:23.439
 is that

00:14:23.439 --> 00:14:24.120
 the robbers

00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.719
 stripped

00:14:24.719 --> 00:14:25.240
 the man

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.139
 of his

00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:26.599
 clothes.

00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:30.159
 Now I

00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:30.519
 didn't really

00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.039
 look up

00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:31.779
 what was

00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.459
 typical of

00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:33.000
 robberies

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.599
 back then

00:14:33.599 --> 00:14:34.379
 in those

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.959
 days but

00:14:34.959 --> 00:14:35.399
 nowadays

00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:35.819
 you know

00:14:35.819 --> 00:14:36.559
 most thugs

00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:37.139
 they just

00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:38.879
 were not

00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:39.120
 really

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.500
 interested

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:39.840
 in the

00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.240
 clothes

00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:40.519
 they're

00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:40.720
 just

00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.240
 after

00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.419
 the

00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:41.919
 valuables

00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:42.199
 right?

00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:46.059
 Maybe

00:14:46.059 --> 00:14:46.379
 some

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.580
 money

00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:47.879
 in the

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.159
 wallet

00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:48.500
 or

00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.360
 purse

00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.720
 perhaps

00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:50.980
 some

00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.340
 jewelry

00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:52.899
 now I

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.100
 don't want

00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:53.360
 to pick

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:53.699
 apart

00:14:53.699 --> 00:14:54.039
 Jesus

00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.519
 parable

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.120
 too much

00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.460
 but we

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:55.840
 kind of

00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:56.939
 wonder

00:14:56.939 --> 00:14:58.100
 did this

00:14:58.100 --> 00:14:58.799
 man resist

00:14:58.799 --> 00:14:59.600
 so much?

00:14:59.759 --> 00:14:59.980
 Did he

00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:00.720
 fight back

00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:01.059
 to the

00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:01.500
 point that

00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:01.799
 it made

00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.200
 the thieves

00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:02.600
 angry?

00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.480
 Is that

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:03.899
 why they

00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:04.340
 stripped him

00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:04.620
 of his

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.019
 clothes?

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.080
 Did they

00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:06.360
 want to

00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.980
 humiliate

00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:07.139
 him?

00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:07.419
 Did they

00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:07.700
 want to

00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:08.100
 teach him

00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.500
 a lesson

00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:08.899
 for not

00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:09.120
 just

00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.779
 cooperating

00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.060
 in the

00:15:10.060 --> 00:15:10.279
 first

00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:10.680
 place?

00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.200
 We don't

00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:12.379
 know.

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:12.940
 It's a

00:15:12.940 --> 00:15:13.279
 parable.

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:13.680
 It's not

00:15:13.680 --> 00:15:14.039
 even a

00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:15.440
 real account

00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.800
 but this

00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:18.740
 one detail

00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.340
 just leaves

00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:19.700
 us with

00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:20.120
 quite the

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.460
 picture.

00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:21.759
 Can you

00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.180
 picture him

00:15:22.180 --> 00:15:22.419
 in your

00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:22.899
 mind there?

00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.539
 Just this

00:15:23.539 --> 00:15:24.139
 poor man

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.860
 lying on

00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:25.240
 the side

00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.480
 of the

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:25.700
 road

00:15:25.700 --> 00:15:26.320
 naked

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:29.320
 and

00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:29.779
 bleeding

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:31.340
 and

00:15:31.340 --> 00:15:31.779
 wounded.

00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:35.439
 Jesus

00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:35.879
 says the

00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:36.120
 thieves

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.319
 went

00:15:36.319 --> 00:15:36.579
 away

00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:36.879
 leaving

00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.059
 him

00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:37.360
 half

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.759
 dead.

00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:43.740
 And

00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:44.159
 then Jesus

00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:44.639
 tells of

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.199
 three different

00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:45.980
 men who

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.720
 stumble upon

00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:47.159
 him while

00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.699
 he's lying

00:15:47.699 --> 00:15:48.019
 there.

00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:50.179
 The first

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.600
 man to

00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.120
 come walking

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.779
 along is

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.319
 a priest.

00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.079
 For this

00:15:55.079 --> 00:15:56.100
 first guy

00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:56.959
 Jesus chooses

00:15:56.959 --> 00:15:58.039
 someone especially

00:15:58.039 --> 00:15:58.759
 religious.

00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:00.519
 The priests

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:00.980
 I mean they

00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:01.240
 were the

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:01.639
 ones who

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.159
 served at

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.579
 the temple.

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 They were

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 the ones

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 who helped

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 the people

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 offer

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 sacrifices

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 to God.

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 If there's

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 anyone who

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 knows God

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 it should be

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 the priest

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 right?

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 Well what does

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.460
 the priest do

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 when he sees

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 the man lying

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 there?

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 He passes

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 by him on

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 the other

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 side of the

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 road.

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 And again

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 it's kind of

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 subtle here

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 but it's

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 here.

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 The wording

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 suggests that

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 he deliberately

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 chose to

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 move.

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 move or

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 even maybe

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 stay on

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 the opposite

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 side of

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 the road

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 because of

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 seeing the

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 man.

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 When he

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 saw the

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 man he

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 passed by

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 on the

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 other side.

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 There is

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 this sort

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 of conscious

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:44.899
 choice there

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 to keep

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 a distance.

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 Not to

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 get too

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 close after

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 seeing him.

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 And of

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 course all

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 sorts of

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 people have

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 you know

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 kind of

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 you know

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 what would

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 be the

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 reason?

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 Why

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 wouldn't

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 he help

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.179
 the man?

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 But Jesus

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 doesn't give

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 any reasons.

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 this is

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 just how

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 it went.

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 But I

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 think we

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 are meant

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 to be

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 surprised

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 by this.

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 And we

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 sort of

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 expect that

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 the most

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 religious

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 people

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 will be

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 the most

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 loving

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 people.

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 The most

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 likely to

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 stop and

00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.000
 help,

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 right?

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 Well next

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 comes a

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 Levite.

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 The Levites

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 were those

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 descended from

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 Levi,

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 one of the

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 twelve sons

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 of Jacob,

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 one of the

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 tribes of

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 Israel.

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 They were

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 the ones

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 that God

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 chose to

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 serve in

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 the temple

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 and the

00:17:33.979 --> 00:17:34.379
 priests were

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 Levites but

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 there were

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 also others

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.359
 who helped

00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:36.819
 with worship

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.159
 at the

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 temple who

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 were Levites.

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 So the

00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:41.319
 second man,

00:17:41.459 --> 00:17:42.159
 he's another

00:17:42.159 --> 00:17:43.179
 religious man

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 and what's

00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.599
 his response

00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:46.139
 to the man

00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:46.619
 lying there

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:48.779
 bleeding on

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.299
 the side of

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 the road?

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.079
 Jesus says

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 it's the same

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 as the

00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:52.139
 priest.

00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.039
 He too

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.519
 first saw

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:55.979
 the man

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 and then

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.920
 after seeing

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:59.660
 him pass

00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:00.039
 by on

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.319
 the other

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 side.

00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:03.779
 Now I

00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:04.099
 don't think

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.620
 there's meant

00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.319
 to be too

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.759
 much of a

00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:06.059
 difference

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.680
 between these

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:07.079
 two men.

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.400
 We might

00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.019
 try to figure

00:18:08.019 --> 00:18:08.360
 out the

00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:08.660
 difference

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:08.920
 between

00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.420
 Levite and

00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.980
 priest and

00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:11.299
 is that

00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:12.299
 significant but

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:14.519
 they both

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 stand for

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 sort of the

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 really religious

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.720
 people of

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.099
 the day.

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 And I

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 think here

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 maybe is the

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 point.

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 what are

00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:23.639
 the odds

00:18:23.639 --> 00:18:24.399
 that two

00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:25.319
 highly religious

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.259
 men run

00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:26.899
 across this

00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.960
 man and

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.699
 neither of

00:18:28.699 --> 00:18:29.179
 them stops

00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:29.599
 to help?

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 You know

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 maybe we

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 thought the

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:34.679
 odds would

00:18:34.679 --> 00:18:35.039
 be good

00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:35.399
 that at

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.960
 least one

00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.539
 of the

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.599
 religious

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.179
 guys would

00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:38.599
 stop.

00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:39.579
 But no

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:39.960
 he doesn't

00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:40.579
 stop either.

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.319
 Finally

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.339
 Jesus introduces

00:18:44.339 --> 00:18:45.079
 the hero

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:46.519
 of the story.

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:47.799
 The man who

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.399
 does stop

00:18:48.399 --> 00:18:48.859
 to help.

00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:50.359
 And Jesus

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.139
 deliberately

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:51.939
 throws this

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.660
 huge twist

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.120
 into the

00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:53.660
 story and

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.120
 he makes

00:18:54.120 --> 00:18:54.680
 the hero

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:56.500
 a Samaritan.

00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.779
 That in

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.420
 itself is

00:18:59.420 --> 00:18:59.960
 such a

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.820
 loaded thing

00:19:00.820 --> 00:19:01.380
 culturally.

00:19:02.360 --> 00:19:03.140
 The Samaritans

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.940
 were despised

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.640
 by the Jews.

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.559
 They were

00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:05.980
 considered

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.960
 half-breeds

00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.180
 and corrupt.

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:11.200
 About 750

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.380
 years before

00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:13.100
 this the

00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:13.720
 people living

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.259
 in the region

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.880
 of Samaria

00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.299
 they were

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:15.880
 all Jews.

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:16.600
 But then

00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:17.160
 the Assyrian

00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:18.059
 empire came

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.480
 in and

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.220
 conquered them

00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:20.779
 and when

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.180
 they did

00:19:21.180 --> 00:19:21.500
 they did

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.119
 some nasty

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:22.819
 things to

00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.779
 keep that

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.460
 region from

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.019
 revolting

00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.460
 again.

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.559
 They carted

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.119
 off many

00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:27.440
 of the

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:27.839
 Jews who

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.200
 were in

00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:28.519
 Samaria

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.059
 to other

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:29.680
 places in

00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.279
 the empire.

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.380
 And then

00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:31.660
 they brought

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.240
 people from

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.680
 the other

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.240
 nations that

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.519
 they had

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.519
 conquered and

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.200
 resettled them

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.599
 there in

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.019
 Samaria.

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.160
 And so

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.740
 the people in

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.240
 Samaria were

00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:40.740
 sort of this

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.579
 mixture of

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.819
 surviving Jews

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:44.039
 and people

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.440
 from all

00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.839
 these other

00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.319
 nations.

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.299
 And over

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:46.859
 time they

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.559
 intermarried.

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.380
 They had

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:49.519
 families together.

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.379
 there was

00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:51.039
 even the

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.680
 blending of

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.420
 religions.

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.299
 That's a

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.960
 really simple

00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:55.819
 explanation of

00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:55.940
 it.

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.460
 And so

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.960
 for Jesus

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.359
 to make

00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:58.879
 the hero

00:19:58.879 --> 00:19:59.240
 of this

00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.799
 story a

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.339
 Samaritan

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:02.139
 was very

00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.720
 provocative.

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.480
 The Jews

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.279
 despised the

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.000
 Samaritans.

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:12.019
 So what does

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.559
 the Samaritan

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.279
 do when he

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.180
 sees the man

00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.779
 lying there

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:16.700
 naked and

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.059
 wounded?

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.279
 Verse 33.

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.799
 As he

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.240
 traveled,

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.860
 came where

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.220
 the man

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.920
 was and

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.180
 when he

00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:26.740
 saw him,

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.259
 he took

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.759
 pity on

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.000
 him.

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.900
 He had

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.539
 the reaction

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.200
 that we

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.819
 all hopefully

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.539
 did as we

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.220
 first pictured

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.880
 that man

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.160
 lying there

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.640
 naked,

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:39.539
 almost dead,

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:41.220
 on the

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.519
 side of

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.920
 the road.

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.059
 The Samaritan

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:44.019
 was deeply

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:45.200
 moved with

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.779
 compassion.

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:48.539
 And what

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.120
 did he do

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.799
 out of that

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.340
 compassion?

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.120
 Well, the

00:20:51.120 --> 00:20:51.519
 first thing

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.140
 we see is

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.620
 in verse

00:20:52.620 --> 00:20:53.380
 34.

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.400
 He went

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.039
 to him.

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.120
 The complete

00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:58.259
 opposite of

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.680
 the others

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.100
 who moved

00:20:59.100 --> 00:21:00.140
 away, he

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.900
 goes right

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.500
 to him.

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.940
 And he

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.460
 bandages

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.960
 his wounds.

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.680
 Since the

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.039
 man was

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.580
 naked and

00:21:10.580 --> 00:21:11.220
 had nothing,

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.539
 the Samaritan

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:12.920
 may have

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:14.120
 even had

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.819
 to tear

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.319
 off strips

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.659
 of his

00:21:15.659 --> 00:21:16.259
 own clothes

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.960
 or garments

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.480
 or outer

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.919
 garments

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.500
 to do

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:18.899
 this.

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.659
 Along

00:21:22.659 --> 00:21:22.980
 with the

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.439
 bandaging

00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:23.879
 went the

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.379
 pouring on

00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.899
 of oil

00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:26.379
 and wine.

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:28.759
 That might

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.359
 sound strange

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.099
 to us today,

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:31.119
 but it was

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.720
 actually fairly

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.539
 standard wound

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.059
 care back

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.519
 then in a

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.059
 place where

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:35.200
 vineyards and

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.379
 olive oil

00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:38.439
 were present

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:39.119
 in abundance.

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.059
 The wine

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.639
 acted as a

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:41.919
 bit of an

00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.700
 antiseptic

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.880
 to disinfect

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.480
 the wound

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:44.799
 and then

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.240
 the olive

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.720
 oil was

00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:46.240
 actually used

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.900
 to soothe

00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:47.539
 and to

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.960
 dress the

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.279
 wound.

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.400
 The oil

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.720
 kind of

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.059
 kept the

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.519
 bandages

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.220
 from sticking

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:54.500
 and surprisingly

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.059
 there's even

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.720
 medical studies

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.279
 today that

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.840
 suggest that

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.400
 olive oil

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.299
 has other

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.940
 good health

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.620
 benefits for

00:21:59.620 --> 00:21:59.880
 skin.

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.200
 So the

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.660
 Samaritan,

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.220
 he looks

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.819
 after the

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.299
 man's

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.840
 wounds.

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.259
 He takes

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.759
 the time

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.580
 to carefully

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:06.600
 wrap them

00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:07.100
 all up and

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.440
 make sure

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.759
 they're done

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.580
 properly so

00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:08.840
 that they

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.160
 won't get

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.620
 infected.

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:11.339
 Then the

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.699
 Samaritan

00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.179
 puts the

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.659
 man on

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.099
 his own

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.539
 donkey.

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.319
 Quite

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:18.000
 likely the

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.439
 Samaritan

00:22:18.439 --> 00:22:18.839
 had been

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.459
 riding this

00:22:19.459 --> 00:22:19.799
 donkey

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.519
 till now

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.939
 but now

00:22:21.939 --> 00:22:22.859
 with this

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.279
 man on

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.879
 his donkey

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.539
 the Samaritan

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.919
 would have

00:22:24.919 --> 00:22:25.259
 had to

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.139
 probably walk

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.579
 the rest

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:26.819
 of the

00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.039
 way.

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:30.679
 The

00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.059
 Samaritan

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.619
 takes him

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.399
 to an

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.659
 inn

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:35.959
 and looks

00:22:35.959 --> 00:22:36.619
 after him

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:38.019
 and took

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.399
 care of

00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:38.619
 him.

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.179
 He doesn't

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:41.979
 just dump

00:22:41.979 --> 00:22:42.319
 him and

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.579
 run.

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.699
 He gets

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.059
 him there

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.459
 and then he

00:22:45.459 --> 00:22:46.119
 takes care

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.459
 of him

00:22:46.459 --> 00:22:47.059
 and if we

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.500
 just read

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:47.899
 this really

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.500
 closely with

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.859
 the next

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.399
 line he

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:49.899
 doesn't even

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.479
 leave until

00:22:50.479 --> 00:22:50.899
 the next

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.239
 day.

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.939
 So it

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.359
 seems he

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:53.839
 stayed the

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.819
 night to

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.319
 look after

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.599
 him.

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.379
 And then

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.899
 the next

00:22:58.899 --> 00:23:01.359
 day he

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.819
 pays the

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.299
 innkeeper

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:04.879
 in advance

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:06.179
 to look

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:07.759
 after this

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.059
 man.

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.619
 And even

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.079
 more than

00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:11.439
 that,

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.159
 not just

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.799
 a set

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.139
 amount,

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.699
 but when

00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.199
 I return

00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:14.559
 I will

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:14.959
 reimburse

00:23:14.959 --> 00:23:15.439
 you for

00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:16.379
 any extra

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.059
 expense you

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.599
 may have.

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.699
 Think of

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:21.919
 that.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.219
 He doesn't

00:23:23.219 --> 00:23:23.839
 just pay for

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.139
 a couple

00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.679
 days more,

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.500
 he reassures

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.159
 the innkeeper

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.779
 that hey,

00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:27.579
 do it all

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:27.959
 the way.

00:23:28.459 --> 00:23:28.859
 Make sure

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.239
 that this

00:23:29.239 --> 00:23:29.619
 man gets

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.079
 back on

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.399
 his feet

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:30.739
 again.

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.279
 Any other

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.819
 expenses

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.799
 that are

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:35.500
 incurred from

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.799
 this,

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:36.639
 I'll look

00:23:36.639 --> 00:23:37.159
 after them

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.420
 when I

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.800
 return.

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.500
 You just

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.820
 let me

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.180
 know the

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.500
 day he

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.060
 checks out.

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.560
 Wow.

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.800
 That's

00:23:47.800 --> 00:23:48.240
 going the

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.820
 extra mile,

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.240
 isn't it?

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.500
 That's what

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.040
 it looks like

00:23:52.040 --> 00:23:52.420
 to love

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.920
 your neighbor

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.880
 as yourself.

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.279
 And I'm

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.720
 sure that

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.400
 at some

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.920
 point early

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.259
 on in

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.820
 this whole

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.600
 scenario,

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.880
 the Samaritan

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.180
 would have

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.840
 realized that

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.240
 this man

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.660
 lying on

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.060
 the road

00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:05.480
 was a

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:05.680
 Jew.

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.400
 The Jews

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.060
 despised the

00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.680
 Samaritans,

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.040
 but the

00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:12.660
 Samaritans

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.720
 also despised

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.220
 the Jews.

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.940
 The feelings

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.840
 ran both

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.220
 ways.

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.240
 And so I

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.680
 think one of

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.320
 Jesus' points

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:20.720
 here is

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.920
 surely that

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.620
 your neighbor

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.759
 even includes

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.360
 your enemy.

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.920
 Just a few

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.640
 chapters back

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.240
 in Luke's

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.779
 gospel,

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.240
 we heard

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.840
 Jesus say,

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.640
 love your

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.040
 enemies.

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:34.960
 This is

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:35.500
 like a

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.620
 picture from

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.140
 Jesus of

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.500
 what that

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.240
 might actually

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.780
 look like

00:24:38.780 --> 00:24:39.040
 in a

00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:39.460
 real life

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.080
 situation.

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.160
 Well,

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.620
 finally we

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:44.920
 come to

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.200
 the end

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.560
 of Jesus'

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.040
 story,

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.800
 and Jesus

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:49.100
 asks the

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.520
 lawyer a

00:24:49.520 --> 00:24:49.840
 question.

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.320
 He ends

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:50.700
 with this

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.120
 question,

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.080
 verse 36.

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.360
 Which of

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.920
 these three

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.300
 do you

00:24:54.300 --> 00:24:54.759
 think was

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.180
 a neighbor

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.640
 to the

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:56.560
 man who

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:57.280
 fell into

00:24:57.280 --> 00:24:57.800
 the hands

00:24:57.800 --> 00:24:58.480
 of robbers?

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.300
 Here comes

00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:02.660
 the big

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.900
 point that

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.440
 Jesus is

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:04.800
 making,

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:07.099
 and another

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:07.700
 unexpected

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.220
 twist.

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.720
 What was

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.119
 the question

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.399
 in the

00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:11.980
 first place?

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.599
 This

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.139
 wasn't it.

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.960
 The question

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.379
 was who

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.799
 is my

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.139
 neighbor?

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.539
 Who

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.180
 counts as

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.659
 my neighbor?

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.419
 Who exactly

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.879
 do I need

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.339
 to love?

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.279
 But Jesus

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.299
 kind of flips

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.799
 it around.

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.460
 Instead of

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.019
 who is my

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.399
 neighbor,

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.599
 which of

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:28.079
 these three

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.519
 was a

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.859
 neighbor

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:31.019
 to the

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.319
 man?

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:34.359
 in other

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.559
 words,

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:34.980
 it's almost

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.379
 as if

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.899
 Jesus is

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.179
 saying,

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:36.759
 you know,

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.039
 you're

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.439
 trying to

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.119
 limit the

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:39.879
 scope of

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.659
 who you

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.079
 need to

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.539
 love by

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.059
 getting me

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.720
 to define

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.700
 exactly who

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.119
 is your

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.439
 neighbor.

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.359
 But what

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.720
 does it

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.179
 really look

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.720
 like to

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:51.559
 love your

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.879
 neighbor?

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:54.079
 It's far

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.319
 more about

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.700
 how you

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.419
 treat others

00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:58.179
 than about

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:58.839
 how that

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.899
 person is

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.439
 related to

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:00.639
 you.

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:04.339
 it's far

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.799
 more about

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.240
 how you

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.000
 treat others

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.220
 than about

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.139
 that person's

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:09.740
 relation to

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:09.980
 you.

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.679
 And I

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:12.919
 think,

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.240
 you know,

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.659
 the more I

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.240
 meditate on

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.379
 this,

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:14.859
 this is one

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.139
 of the

00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.579
 wisest

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.220
 moments of

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.700
 instruction

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.099
 I think

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.639
 I've ever

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.460
 heard of.

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.000
 We realize

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.519
 that Jesus'

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.019
 wisdom,

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.480
 I mean,

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.879
 it's out

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.139
 of this

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.480
 world.

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.000
 It's from

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.299
 heaven.

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:27.980
 We'll come

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.539
 back to this

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.740
 question in

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.159
 a second,

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:30.700
 but let's

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.200
 go back to

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.559
 the first

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.019
 question,

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.400
 the who

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.720
 is my

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:34.960
 neighbor

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.460
 question.

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.500
 Think about

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.039
 the answer

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.580
 we get to

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.279
 this question

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.680
 from the

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.019
 parable.

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.299
 Jesus set

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.840
 this whole

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.519
 story up

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.059
 deliberately

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.720
 to show

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:48.799
 us that

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.460
 my neighbor

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:51.000
 could be

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.360
 anyone.

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.500
 My neighbor

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.000
 is really

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.759
 defined as

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.299
 my fellow

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.940
 human being.

00:26:57.940 --> 00:27:02.100
 regardless

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.519
 of the

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:02.900
 differences

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.279
 that I

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.759
 may have

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.160
 from him.

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.759
 Whether

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.279
 Samaritan

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.660
 or Jew,

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.460
 that doesn't

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.799
 matter.

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.120
 Where you're

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.480
 from,

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.539
 the color

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.700
 of your

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.059
 skin,

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.080
 the difference

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:17.580
 of language,

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.039
 even the

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.880
 social tensions

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.700
 and conflict

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.580
 between your

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.019
 people and

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.220
 theirs,

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.680
 that's all

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.220
 irrelevant.

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.600
 Your neighbor

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.580
 is anyone,

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:26.599
 it's any

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:26.899
 of your

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.500
 fellow human

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.019
 beings,

00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.399
 regardless

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.279
 of the

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.699
 differences

00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:32.199
 you may

00:27:32.199 --> 00:27:32.639
 have to

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:32.879
 them.

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.759
 I mean,

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.159
 that's not

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.460
 how we

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.939
 usually use

00:27:36.939 --> 00:27:37.079
 it.

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:37.619
 We usually

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:39.299
 use that

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.720
 word to

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.139
 refer to

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.480
 those who

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:40.839
 live right

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.299
 next door

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.679
 to us,

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.159
 or right

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.439
 on the

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:42.759
 property

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.279
 right next

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.779
 to ours.

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.799
 And that's

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.299
 okay,

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.259
 that's true.

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.159
 But Jesus

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.859
 forces us

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:51.039
 to expand

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.179
 who should

00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.759
 be included.

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:54.099
 what about

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.740
 a stranger

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.740
 that you

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.379
 just happened

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:57.079
 across who

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.640
 comes from a

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.420
 different ethnic

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.240
 background and

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.819
 is from another

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.339
 province?

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.960
 Is that

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.539
 person my

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.779
 neighbor?

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.660
 Well,

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.259
 that's exactly

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.940
 what this man

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.539
 was in the

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.839
 story.

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:10.779
 Jesus basically

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.039
 says,

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.480
 yes,

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.519
 love your

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.460
 neighbor applies

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.960
 there,

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.700
 too.

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.720
 And so maybe

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.339
 that's the first

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.859
 thing to take

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.299
 from this.

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.839
 God desires

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.660
 that we don't

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.540
 try to limit

00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:25.360
 our neighborly

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.220
 love to only

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.100
 certain people.

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.140
 Everyone we

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.820
 find ourselves

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.080
 near,

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.820
 everyone we

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.519
 come across

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:34.040
 is our

00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:34.279
 neighbor.

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.580
 And I know

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.040
 that's not

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:38.580
 what introverts

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:39.200
 like me

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.600
 like to hear.

00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:43.200
 Loving people

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.500
 who are

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.120
 different than

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:45.440
 us is hard.

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.660
 But it

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.240
 could be as

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.700
 simple as

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.140
 just meeting

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.660
 that most

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.420
 visible and

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.120
 obvious need

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.419
 that they

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:52.779
 have.

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.000
 You may

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.519
 not be a

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.759
 gifted

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.019
 conversationalist,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.719
 but that's

00:28:59.719 --> 00:29:00.099
 not really

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.839
 required to

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.639
 help that

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.239
 elderly man

00:29:03.239 --> 00:29:03.779
 across the

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.000
 street lift

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.619
 that thing

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.279
 into his

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.559
 car.

00:29:09.399 --> 00:29:10.059
 Or maybe

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.399
 you see

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.899
 someone who

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:12.199
 just looks

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:13.679
 like they're

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.319
 overheated

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.919
 and they

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.419
 need a glass

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.919
 of water.

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.740
 Does it

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.240
 matter whether

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.720
 they're young

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.259
 or old,

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.319
 tall or

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.759
 short,

00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:24.139
 Caucasian,

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.339
 East Indian,

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.139
 Filipino,

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.359
 friend or

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:28.839
 stranger?

00:29:28.839 --> 00:29:33.019
 it shouldn't.

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.179
 So God

00:29:37.179 --> 00:29:37.819
 desires that

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.319
 we not

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.899
 limit our

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.359
 neighborly

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.059
 love to

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.659
 only certain

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.079
 people.

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.000
 Everyone we

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.699
 come across

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.759
 is our

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.059
 neighbor,

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.459
 is someone

00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:47.059
 God wants

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.379
 us to

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.839
 love just

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.139
 as we

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.339
 love

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:48.839
 ourselves.

00:29:51.439 --> 00:29:52.299
 So Jesus

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:53.399
 really does

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:54.279
 answer the

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.599
 man's

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.019
 question.

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.279
 But then I

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.579
 think we

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.439
 really need to

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.980
 reflect on

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.400
 the question

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.000
 that Jesus

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.220
 asks the

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.700
 lawyer at

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.039
 the end

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.240
 too.

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.580
 It's a

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.080
 little different

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.539
 isn't it?

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.539
 Which of

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.080
 these three

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:04.539
 do you

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.039
 think was

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.400
 a neighbor

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.799
 to the

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.380
 man who

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.039
 fell into

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.519
 the hands

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.200
 of robbers?

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.380
 Which of

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.799
 these three

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.220
 do you

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.720
 think was

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.160
 a neighbor

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.960
 to the

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.299
 man?

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.140
 And I

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.480
 love the

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.820
 way that

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.120
 Jesus

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.880
 reverses that

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.539
 question all

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.519
 of a sudden

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.779
 there.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.539
 We try to

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.860
 use the

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.320
 same sort

00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:24.880
 of things,

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.640
 Jen and I,

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:25.900
 as we

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.519
 encourage our

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.860
 kids.

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.620
 Sometimes

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.039
 they've

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.519
 lamented,

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:29.940
 as maybe

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.500
 we all

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.860
 have,

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.840
 that nobody

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.160
 at a

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.600
 particular

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.140
 gathering

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.680
 or event

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.960
 was their

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.259
 friend.

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.360
 What they

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:38.820
 mean is,

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.039
 you know,

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.660
 nobody there

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.519
 initiated with

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.740
 me.

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.720
 Nobody played

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.120
 with me.

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:44.820
 Nobody was

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.200
 the same

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.840
 age and

00:30:45.840 --> 00:30:46.660
 gender as

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.900
 me.

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.019
 Nobody there

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.360
 was my

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.740
 friend.

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.519
 But we

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.059
 always try to

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.799
 encourage them.

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.860
 We've got to

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.299
 flip that

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.620
 around.

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.039
 Instead,

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.220
 we've got to

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.799
 always be

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.180
 asking,

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.680
 who is

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.659
 here that

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.240
 I can be

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.659
 a friend

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.039
 to?

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.399
 Who can

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:05.980
 I initiate

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.539
 with?

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.839
 Who's got

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.559
 nobody else

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.119
 talking to

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:09.500
 them or

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.019
 playing with

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.259
 them?

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.299
 And that's

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.659
 the same

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:13.180
 sort of thing

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.599
 that Jesus

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.079
 is doing

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.379
 here.

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:15.119
 You know,

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.740
 don't worry

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.579
 about defining

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.440
 exactly who

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.759
 is your

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.059
 neighbor.

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.440
 Be a

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.099
 loving neighbor

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:21.059
 neighbor to

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:23.579
 anyone you

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.240
 come across.

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.079
 Don't think,

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:26.339
 you know,

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:27.019
 who do I

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.579
 have to

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:27.839
 love?

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.119
 Are there

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.500
 any of my

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.119
 neighbors here

00:31:29.119 --> 00:31:29.419
 at this

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:29.679
 thing?

00:31:31.459 --> 00:31:31.859
 Instead,

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.219
 think,

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.119
 who's here

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.859
 that I can

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:35.339
 show neighborly

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.899
 love to?

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:38.199
 Who needs

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:38.579
 a neighbor?

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.599
 I mean,

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.039
 this is the

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.500
 sort of thing

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.859
 that if we

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.439
 really live

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:43.959
 like this

00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:44.339
 and with

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.980
 this mindset

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.519
 and heart,

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.439
 this will

00:31:46.439 --> 00:31:47.500
 so change

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.099
 who we are

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.399
 as a

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:50.959
 church and

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.299
 what we're

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.000
 known for

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.759
 in our

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.279
 community.

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.519
 There's

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.919
 lots we

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.339
 could meditate

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:01.899
 on here.

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.240
 We could

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.699
 think about

00:32:03.699 --> 00:32:04.219
 the things

00:32:04.219 --> 00:32:04.959
 the Samaritan

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:05.619
 did for the

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:05.980
 man who

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.500
 was wounded.

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.719
 What an

00:32:07.719 --> 00:32:08.480
 amazing picture

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.679
 of how it

00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:10.319
 looks to

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.299
 love someone,

00:32:11.959 --> 00:32:13.219
 to really

00:32:13.219 --> 00:32:13.799
 love someone

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.339
 as yourself.

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:15.279
 It's lavish.

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.240
 It's such

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.859
 a giving

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.659
 love.

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.339
 It goes

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.099
 well beyond

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.639
 the extra

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.199
 mile to

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.679
 care for

00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.199
 this man.

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.979
 Do we

00:32:23.979 --> 00:32:24.339
 love our

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:26.279
 fellow man

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.319
 like that?

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.779
 Or are we

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.359
 just content

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:30.959
 to do the

00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:31.500
 bare minimum?

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.859
 But then,

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.699
 what really

00:32:37.699 --> 00:32:38.459
 astounds me

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:40.259
 is that there's

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.799
 one more

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.319
 layer to

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.759
 this whole

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.500
 conversation.

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.139
 At the end

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.419
 of this

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.019
 conversation,

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.059
 question,

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.379
 what is

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.680
 Jesus'

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.019
 main

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.480
 point to

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.680
 this

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:48.960
 man?

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.579
 Is it

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.079
 just that

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.759
 the lawyer

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.279
 needs to

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.900
 adjust his

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:57.480
 thinking when

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.000
 it comes to

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.400
 how he

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.960
 defines

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.619
 neighbor?

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.000
 And be a

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.359
 little more

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.079
 broad in

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.680
 the definition.

00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:03.839
 I see

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.480
 another layer

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.900
 here.

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.539
 Pieces of

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.359
 this conversation

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.900
 which get

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.960
 to the

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.400
 heart.

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.299
 Which

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.180
 character in

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.759
 the parable

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.700
 represents the

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:14.960
 lawyer?

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.680
 It's

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.039
 probably

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.700
 both the

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.160
 priest and

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.299
 the

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.700
 Levite.

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.299
 This man

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.720
 wasn't a

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.200
 priest, but

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.779
 he considered

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.600
 himself well

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.240
 versed in the

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.620
 scriptures,

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:30.259
 well studied in

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.779
 the word of

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.700
 God, a

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.319
 religiously

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.140
 devout man,

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:35.059
 just like the

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.660
 priest and the

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.340
 Levite in the

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:36.720
 parable.

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:36.779
 people.

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.940
 And what is

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:41.180
 Jesus demonstrating

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:42.400
 through the

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.500
 priest and the

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.720
 Levite in the

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.039
 story?

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:49.240
 I think he's

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.000
 showing that you

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.740
 can have the

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.519
 right answers

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:53.940
 to the big

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:56.900
 questions and

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.839
 yet lack the

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.579
 love and

00:33:58.579 --> 00:34:00.380
 compassion spoken

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:02.799
 of in those

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.200
 answers.

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:03.299
 answers.

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.680
 You can have

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.140
 the right

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.400
 answers without

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.000
 having the

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.519
 right heart.

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.740
 You can know

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.240
 the most

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.179
 important thing,

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.820
 the greatest

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.420
 commandment.

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.460
 You can know

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.139
 what you need

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.940
 to do to

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.699
 inherit eternal

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:21.240
 life, to

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.980
 love God with

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.480
 all your heart.

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.119
 You can know

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.740
 that truth and

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.400
 yet not do

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.579
 it.

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.639
 You can know

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.240
 that you should

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.740
 love your

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.400
 neighbor as

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.960
 yourself.

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.960
 And even

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.359
 what that

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.000
 looks like.

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.539
 And at the

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.299
 same time be a

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:38.819
 person who

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.819
 lacks compassion

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:42.480
 and does the

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.939
 bare minimum

00:34:42.939 --> 00:34:44.480
 or even passes

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.980
 by on the

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.519
 other side of

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.879
 the road.

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.219
 I think that's

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:49.899
 the main point

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.519
 of this whole

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.259
 conversation.

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.519
 It's as if

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.299
 Jesus is saying

00:34:53.299 --> 00:34:53.919
 to this man,

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.639
 yes, you

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.359
 have the right

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:59.019
 answers, but

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.899
 go and live

00:34:59.899 --> 00:35:00.599
 those things.

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:02.900
 you aren't

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.360
 living them

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.679
 out.

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:06.659
 You know

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.219
 you need to

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:07.679
 love God

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.179
 with all your

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.880
 heart, so

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.619
 now do it.

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.159
 Do this and

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.699
 you will live.

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.519
 You know

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.000
 that you need

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.460
 to love your

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.099
 neighbor as you

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.719
 love yourself

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.779
 and you know

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.279
 what that even

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:19.079
 looks like, but

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:20.519
 you've been like

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.039
 the priest.

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.719
 You've been

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.059
 like the

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.460
 Levite.

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:26.860
 you need to

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.380
 be like the

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:30.840
 Samaritan and

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.440
 do like he

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.699
 did.

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.519
 How easy

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.539
 is it for

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:40.539
 us to be

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:40.940
 like this

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:44.380
 lawyer and

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:44.820
 to take

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.980
 pride in

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.460
 having the

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.199
 right answers,

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.940
 but do we

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.440
 have the right

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.740
 heart?

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:53.759
 we can

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.339
 talk about

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.959
 how important

00:35:54.959 --> 00:35:55.439
 it is to

00:35:55.439 --> 00:35:56.079
 believe the

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.739
 right things

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.099
 from the

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:58.819
 Bible and

00:35:58.819 --> 00:35:59.219
 to have the

00:35:59.219 --> 00:35:59.939
 right doctrine,

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.379
 but do we

00:36:02.379 --> 00:36:03.539
 actually love

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.039
 God?

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.279
 Do we

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:08.119
 actually love

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.539
 our fellow

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.879
 man?

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:13.979
 In Paul's

00:36:13.979 --> 00:36:14.479
 letter to the

00:36:14.479 --> 00:36:14.939
 Corinthians,

00:36:15.379 --> 00:36:15.959
 1 Corinthians

00:36:15.959 --> 00:36:18.000
 13, we

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.459
 won't be here

00:36:18.459 --> 00:36:19.039
 long, but

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.839
 he's got this

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.980
 thought experiment

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.780
 here.

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.420
 He poses

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.920
 this thought

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.420
 experiment

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.960
 question.

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.900
 If I have

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.539
 the gift of

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:28.780
 prophecy and

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.480
 can fathom

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.660
 all mysteries

00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:31.700
 and all

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.400
 knowledge,

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.900
 if I know

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.579
 everything there

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.180
 is to know,

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.600
 but do not

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:39.300
 have love,

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:42.180
 I'm nothing.

00:36:46.100 --> 00:36:46.940
 What good is

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.340
 knowing the

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.120
 right answers if

00:36:48.120 --> 00:36:48.640
 we don't have

00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.160
 the heart of

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:49.480
 love?

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.840
 described in

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.440
 those answers.

00:36:55.120 --> 00:36:56.340
 We have this

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.120
 tendency,

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:59.559
 because of

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.019
 sin in our

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.320
 hearts, to

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.800
 try and do

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.120
 the bare

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:02.500
 minimum.

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.360
 To try to

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.900
 be good

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.280
 enough.

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.780
 We have this

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.460
 tendency to

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.420
 try and be

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.360
 religious without

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.680
 truly investing

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:12.340
 our hearts in

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.280
 the relationships

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.920
 of our

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.340
 religion.

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.700
 In a loving,

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.559
 wholehearted

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.480
 relationship with

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.900
 God and

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.719
 in a lavish,

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.559
 loving

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:21.320
 relationship with

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.400
 others.

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:24.880
 I mean,

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.260
 that's the

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:25.900
 religion we

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.380
 profess.

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.860
 We would

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.360
 all give the

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.920
 same answer

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.300
 the lawyer

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.740
 gave.

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.400
 Because we

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:30.800
 know those

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.179
 verses,

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:34.139
 but is it the

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.659
 religion we

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.039
 practice?

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:39.320
 we need to

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.659
 seek the

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.380
 right answers

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:42.320
 and the

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.940
 right heart

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:44.619
 toward God

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.599
 and man.

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.659
 Both have to

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.159
 go together.

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:52.899
 let's pray.

00:37:57.899 --> 00:37:58.799
 Lord Jesus,

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.699
 I'm not sure

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.359
 how you will

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:00.960
 stir in each

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.559
 of our hearts

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.659
 from these

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.460
 words, but I

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.139
 do pray that

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.539
 you would

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:05.379
 convict us,

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.819
 that you

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:07.420
 would expose

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:08.659
 us, that you

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.179
 would deal

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:11.940
 with us as a

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.259
 loving God

00:38:13.259 --> 00:38:13.839
 that you are,

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.480
 that you would

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.699
 show us where

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.899
 we have gone

00:38:16.899 --> 00:38:18.179
 wrong, just

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.099
 like Jesus did

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.779
 with this man,

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.099
 and that you

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.879
 would correct us,

00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:22.319
 and that you

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:22.919
 would bring us

00:38:22.919 --> 00:38:24.019
 back into that

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:25.299
 vibrant and

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:27.599
 real, authentic

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:28.619
 relationship with

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:30.839
 you, and keep

00:38:30.839 --> 00:38:33.239
 us there, and

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.699
 that that would

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.519
 spill out into

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.279
 our relationships

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.119
 with each other

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.859
 and with the

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.480
 people that we

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:38.239
 know all around

00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:39.399
 us here in our

00:38:39.399 --> 00:38:39.859
 community.

00:38:42.899 --> 00:38:43.859
 Do that work

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:44.279
 in us, we

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:44.539
 pray.

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.779
 In your name,

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.579
 amen.