Who Is My Neighbor?

Before you start

A lawyer asks Jesus how to inherit eternal life, and then, "Who is my neighbour?" Jesus tells of a man left for dead, passed by two religious leaders, and helped by a Samaritan, someone the listeners would have seen as an outsider.

Read Luke 10:25–37 aloud from any translation. Invite volunteers to read; never put anyone on the spot.

Icebreaker · 5 minutes

Tell about a time a stranger helped you.

Observe · what does it say?

1. Who passes by the injured man, and who stops?
2. List everything the Samaritan does for him.
3. How does Jesus turn the lawyer's question around at the end?

Interpret · what did it mean?

1. Why might Jesus make the hero someone His listeners looked down on?
2. What does it cost the Samaritan to help?

Apply · what does it ask of us?

1. Who is easy to walk past on our campus?
2. What is one act of service our chapter could do this month?

On your campus

Plan a service drive or a care-package night with this study. Collect first, then give, and count it as EFF service.

Closing prayer

Jesus, open our eyes to the people we walk past. Make us neighbors who stop, help and stay. Amen.

Take home

Do one unseen act of kindness this week.