Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.
30. And Jesus answering said. Christ might have stated simply, that the word neighbor extends indiscriminately to every man, because the whole human race is united by a sacred bond of fellowship. And, indeed, the Lord employed this word in the Law, for no other reason than to draw us sweetly to mutual kindness. The commandment would have run more clearly thus: Love every man as thyself.
A lawyer puts the question to trap Christ: what must I do to inherit eternal life? But a good question asked with a mean or contentious spirit is no good question at all. If we speak of eternal life as mere matter of dispute, we take God's name in vain.
AI summary
Commenting on Luke 10:25-37
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way,.... Who had been at Jerusalem, to take his turn in the courses, and was now returning to Jericho, where the stationary men were, to which he belonged: for it is said (t), that "the former prophets appointed twenty and four courses; and for every course there was a station at Jerusalem, of priests, and...