1. Who does the man that was set upon represent?
    1. Jesus Christ.
      • No.
    2. Right Answer!Any man, it is not important.
      • Yes, we do not know anything about the man, only that he needs someone to help him. It is important that we do not help only those in our family, or in our societal group.
    3. A good and honest man.
      • No. The man's goodness was not known. We are to help those that need help, and those that ask for help.
    4. A Roman.
      • No. This was not known about the man.

     

     

  2. What is the significance of the priest not helping the poor man?
    1. Right Answer!A priest was supposed to help people, that is their function.
      • Yes, Jesus was contrasting the priest and the Levite with the Samaritan. The priest was assumed by the crowd to be a man in God's will, but Jesus is showing that it is the one that does God's will that is accepted, not the one that claims to be doing God's will.
    2. He represented a religious man.
      • Well, this might be true, but it is not the point. Read (a) above.
    3. Jesus just meant that people that follow God are not any better than those that do not.
      • No, this is not true at all.
    4. Their is no significance.
      • No, please read (a) above.

     

     

  3. What is the significance of the Levite that does not help the man?
    1. Right Answer!A son of Levy was held in greater honor within the general public, because of their service to God.
      • Yes, Jesus was contrasting the Levite with the Samaritan. The sons of Levy were set apart in the law for service to God. The crowd would have assumed that a Levite was a better person than say a Samaritan.
    2. There is no significance, it is just a man.
      • No, please read (a) above.
    3. Jesus was saying that the people of Samaria were better people than the children of Israel.
      • No, this is not the point. It is not a matter of one bunch being better than another. It is about the person that does God's will being better than the person that does not do his will.
    4. The Levites were known to be valiant warriors, and this is Jesus' way to say that such people are not kind.
      • No.

     

     

  4. What is the significance of the Samaritan helping the man?
    1. The Samaritans were noted for their selfless service to mankind.
      • No, the Samaritans were second class citizens. The Jews would not even talk to a Samaritan.
      • John 4:7-9
        When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
        9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) (NIV)
    2. The Samaritans worshipped God with great zeal, so Jesus was saying that those that truly serve God also serve man.
      • No, the Samaritans did not worship God correctly.
      • John 4:21-22
        Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. (NIV)
    3. Right Answer!The Samaritans were the scum of the earth, so Jesus is saying that even a scum bum that obeys the Word of God is better than a priest or a Levite.
      • Yes, this is the best answer. The Samaritan were not really the scum of the earth, but this was pretty much what the crowd thought. Jesus was using the Samaritan as the good guy in his story to illustrate to the people that it is the one that does right that will be accepted.
      • If Jesus were telling this story today he might have contrasted a church pastor, a noted philanthropist, and a person leaving a bar.
    4. The Samaritans were the inventors of the modern hospital.
      • No. This is just a worldly answer.

     

     

  5. Who do the robbers represent?
    1. The Roman army.
      • No.
    2. The tax collectors.
      • No.
    3. The religious oppressors.
      • No.
    4. Right Answer!It is not significant, just "bad" people.
      • Yes. It doesn't matter to the story who that are; just bad people.

     

     

  6. What is the significance of the two silver coins?
    1. They represent justice and mercy.
      • No.
    2. They represent good deeds and good will.
      • No. Sounds good thought, doesn't it?
    3. Right Answer!They are not significant, it just means that he did what he did for more that appearances.
      • Yes, it is just part of the story and it shows that the Samaritan was doing more that just a surface thing. He cared for the injured man. He did everything that he could think for the man. And this is what Jesus is telling you to do.
    4. They represent Aaron and Hur who held up Moses arms in the battle against the Amalekites.
      • No, but that sounded religious to me. :-)

     

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