The great commandment is also found in Mark 12 when a question is asked, "How can I have eternal life?' This is also in Matthew 22:34. The parable we'll examine this morning, the parable of the Good Samaritan, probably comes in second place to the parable of the Prodigal Son. It's a close second. This is an important reading for us. When I study the Bible it helps for me to check three boxes: 1) I need to be careful to read the passage in its entirety. I need to observe the text in it's context. Who are the characters? What's the context? This is a familiar story we are examining this morning and because it's familiar we can lose it's meaning. 2) The second box I check when I read Scripture is interpretation. What's it mean? Where is my curiosity stirred? What questions come to me? What does this passage teach me about God? About humanity? About who Jesus is? What does God ...