Luke 10:25-37
Then a teacher of the law stood up. He was trying to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”
Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
The man answered, “Love the Lord your God. Love him with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.” Also, “You must love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
Jesus said to him, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will have life forever.”
But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
To answer this question, Jesus said, “A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some robbers attacked him. They tore off his clothes and beat him. Then they left him lying there, almost dead. It happened that a Jewish priest was going down that road. When the priest saw the man, he walked by on the other side of the road. Next, a Levite came there. He went over and looked at the man. Then he walked by on the other side of the road. Then a Samaritan traveling down the road came to where the hurt man was lying. He saw the man and felt sorry for him. The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them. He put the hurt man on his own donkey and took him to an inn. At the inn, the Samaritan took care of him. The next day, the Samaritan brought out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. The Samaritan said, ‘Take care of this man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back when I come again.’”
Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by the robbers?”
The teacher of the law answered, “The one who helped him.”
Jesus said to him, “Then go and do the same thing he did!”
Discussion Questions
- What did Jesus say you must do to get life forever? Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor as yourself.
- How many people saw the hurt man lying beside the road? Three.
- Who stopped to help him? The Samaritan.
- Who was the neighbor in this story? The Samaritan.
Prayer
Dear God,Thank you for the story of The Good Samaritan. Thank you for teaching us to love you and to follow you. Amen.
Bible Verse for January
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 17:17
Activity
Science: Texture Walk
Materials:
A variety of materials with different textures to walk on (for example: cotton balls, linoleum
tiles, tightly woven and shaggy carpet samples, masking tape with the sticky side up,
sandpaper, leaves, a piece of plywood, cardboard, etc).
- Remove his shoes and socks.
- Walk over textured material, one item at a time.
Talk About:
- Texture is the way something feels when you touch it. Things can be soft or hard, rough or smooth, and so on. How does this cotton feel to your feet? Have you ever felt anything else like this before? Is it hard or soft?
- Who made textures? Who made our skin able to feel textures?
- We walked over this path. In Bible times, most people walked when they traveled. Who traveled in our story? Where did they go? What happened?
