The Parable of The Good Samaritan has many meanings in the text. Within the story, the lawyer asks Jesus what he has to do to obtain eternal life. Basically asking him, what he has to do, in order for Jesus to allow him to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Like as if, there were certain steps and tasks that must be done in order to obtain eternal life.
However, Jesus understands that it's not a matter of what he needs to do, but a way of living life, in order to obtain eternal life. The parable also includes someone getting robbed, stripped and beaten. A priest and a Levite pass by without helping him, however, when a Samaritan passes by him, he helps him. This is ironic, because you would genuinely expect the priest or levite to help him and not the samaritan because of their reputations. However, it turned out to be the other way around.
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