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Jesus told this parable in response to someone asking "Who is my neighbor", that is, "Who should I be kind to?". The people who were thought "good" by the Pharisees did not respond and help the injured man, but the Samaritan (a member of a race despised by the Pharisees) did. There are two messages here. (1) People we think are good fail to act the way God wants and (2) People we think are "bad" can actually be good in God's eyes because of the way they treat others.

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