<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines . Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines . Please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The parable of the Good Samaritan is a parable told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road . First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man . Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler . Samaritans and Jews generally despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man . Jesus is described as telling the parable in response to the question from a lawyer, "And who is my neighbor?" who Leviticus Lev 19: 18 says should be loved . In response, Jesus tells the parable, the conclusion of which is that the neighbour figure in the parable is the man who shows mercy to the injured man--that is, the Samaritan . </P> <P> Some Christians, such as Augustine, have interpreted the parable allegorically, with the Samaritan representing Jesus Christ, who saves the sinful soul . Others, however, discount this allegory as unrelated to the parable's original meaning and see the parable as exemplifying the ethics of Jesus . </P>

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