Luke 10:27

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Jesus says in this verse the greatest commandment. To me it is the truest commandment, but it is also the most confusing. Mostly because; Who is my neighbor? Is it the man that lives directly next door to my house? Or is it another church and its members next door to my own church? Or is my neighbor the one who as fallen away from Jesus, and his Father, our Creator?

I recall hearing a good speaker, his name is Father John Currin, my own parish Priest, and he’s not afraid to speak his mind at his masses. He mentioned this in his homliy when he had read this verse in the gospel. “Jesus showed his love for us by taking it to the cross. How are we, as His family gathered here in His House, going to do the same?”

So that has me wondering, Who truly is my neighbor?
 
Your neighbor is anyone and everyone including your enemy. Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan to answer this question. The Samaritan was an enemy to the injured man, yet he showed compassion and went out of his way to help him when the man’s own bretheren would not.
 
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Jesus says in this verse the greatest commandment. To me it is the truest commandment, but it is also the most confusing. Mostly because; Who is my neighbor? Is it the man that lives directly next door to my house? Or is it another church and its members next door to my own church? Or is my neighbor the one who as fallen away from Jesus, and his Father, our Creator?

I recall hearing a good speaker, his name is Father John Currin, my own parish Priest, and he’s not afraid to speak his mind at his masses. He mentioned this in his homliy when he had read this verse in the gospel. “Jesus showed his love for us by taking it to the cross. How are we, as His family gathered here in His House, going to do the same?”

So that has me wondering, Who truly is my neighbor?
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from the Haydock Bible Commentary

Neighbour? It appears this was a celebrated controversy among the doctors of the law; some probably affirming, that the Jews only were so; while others maintained that their friends alone were their neighbours. (Maldonatus)
 
Awinita said:
Jesus says in this verse the greatest commandment. To me it is the truest commandment, but it is also the most confusing. Mostly because; Who is my neighbor? Is it the man that lives directly next door to my house? Or is it another church and its members next door to my own church? Or is my neighbor the one who as fallen away from Jesus, and his Father, our Creator?

I recall hearing a good speaker, his name is Father John Currin, my own parish Priest, and he’s not afraid to speak his mind at his masses. He mentioned this in his homliy when he had read this verse in the gospel. “Jesus showed his love for us by taking it to the cross. How are we, as His family gathered here in His House, going to do the same?”

So that has me wondering, Who truly is my neighbor?
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Christ tells us in the next verses 28-37, that it was the Samaritan that showed mercy who was the neighbor to the wounded man.

Luke 10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
36 **Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour **unto him that fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
 
It is a funny thing that my parish priest commented on the fact that the wounded beaten man was heading down from Zion, the Lords Holy City, rather then up to it, Because back then, nobody went down from there, they always went up to it.

Now I left thatp art out of my post because it was what confused me the most, How do I know who is my nighbor ? How do I help another ?
 
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So that has me wondering, Who truly is my neighbor?
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Jesus answered that question with the parable of the Good Samaritan–your neighbor is whoever needs your help at that moment in time, whoever you encounter in the present–that is whom you love at that moment, that is, that is the one in whom you see the face of Christ.
 
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