Portfolio 2: Good Samaritan Interpretation

Through criticizing the lawyers question, "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus was criticizing that the society he lived in was capable of assuming that there are categories of people-neighbors versus enemies. Asking "Who is my neighbor?" implies that there are people who aren't your neighbor. And if you view people as non-neighbors you therefore treat them without the dignity of humans. Jesus' solution is that society regards everyone as neighbors and treats them equally as such. Jesus explained this through his parable of the Good Samaritan. He showed examples of the inhumane treatment of people towards one another through the Levite and the Priest. Jesus then showed an example of his solution through the Samaritan.