When a lawyer tested Jesus; asked a question with a bite,
“What must I do if I want to make it to eternal life?”
“What is written?” Jesus asked him; “in the law what do you read?”
“Love your God with all your heart, and as yourself, your neighbor treat.”
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“That is right. It’s what’s essential. Just do this and you will live.”
But to justify himself, the lawyer asked who “neighbor” is.
“That’s a question for a story. Lend and ear, ‘cause here we go.
Once a man was robbed and beaten; left for dead beside a road.”
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“Holy people could have helped him, but they put their safety first.
Then a guy whom they rejected, moved with pity, risked the worst.
Thinking only of the need he gave his time and substance, too.
That is how to be a neighbor. That is what you ought to do.”
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Image: Guillaume Bodinier, 1826
Source: Luke 10:25-37
Text: David Alexander, 2022 CC BY-NC SA 4.0
Tune: The Wise Men, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2020/Score/SawYouNever-TheWiseMen-Chords.pdf
Audio: www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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