The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest and then a
The Good Samaritan by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1616
The road from Jerusalem to Jericho
A group of Lutheran confirmands in the Church of Sweden reenact the Parable of the Good Samaritan during their confirmation mass in Oscar Church, Stockholm.
In this folio from the 6th-century Rossano Gospels, the cross-bearing halo around the Good Samaritan's head indicates an allegorical interpretation. The first scene includes an angel.
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A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate obj
The Return of the Prodigal Son, by Rembrandt, 1660s
Parable of the Good Samaritan, as depicted by Jan Wijnants (1670)