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Confirming the lawyer understood the main point of His parable, after Jesus finished the story He asked him, “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” (Luke 10:36, NRSV). Jesus asked this to indicate one should not worry about who our neighbor is as much as about being a good neighbor. Jesus’ counter question reversed the roles so that just as Jesus answered the lawyer’s question (10:29), the lawyer had to answer Jesus’. While the lawyer’s answer indicated he understood the point of the story, it also showed his reluctance to fully accept it. His hidden contempt for the Samaritan people was revealed by his avoidance of associating a good deed with one of them. Rather than just saying “the Samaritan,” he instead referred to him as “the one who showed mercy.” Knowing the challenge comparing himself to a Samaritan presented to the lawyer’s pride, Jesus told him to go and do likewise. The point is simple but profound, a profundity we have been wrestling with ever since.