• What prompted Jesus to tell the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-29)?
  • What was a lawyer in first-century Israel? What does he summarize in Luke 10:27?
  • Why does the lawyer ask Jesus a follow-up question in Luke 10:29? What is meant by the language “but wishing to justify himself?”
  • What makes the parable of the Good Samaritan such a radical story? Why would the Jews have been offended by it?
  • What did Jesus ask the lawyer after telling the parable (Luke 10:36)? How did the lawyer answer (Luke 10:37)? Why did he answer in that way?
  • What commandment does the Lord give the lawyer in Luke 10:37?
  • What lessons can we draw from this powerful parable?