March 8, 2020
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Scripture:
Luke 10:25-37
On one occasion an expert in the law
stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal
life?”
“What is written in the Law?” he
replied. “How do you read it?”
He answered: “‘Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied.
“Do this and you will live.”
But he wanted to justify himself, so
he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They
stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A
priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he
passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and
saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came
where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and
bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own
donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two
silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and
when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think
was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The
one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Deuteronomy 6:4,5
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength.
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your
people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
Matthew 25:40-45
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the
truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did
for me.’
“Then he will say to those on his left,
‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the
devil and his angels. For I was hungry
and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not
clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when
did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in
prison, and did not help you?’
“He will reply, ‘I tell you the
truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do
for me.’
Ephesians 2:1,2
As for you, you were dead in
your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the
ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who
is now at work in those who are disobedient.
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