[Music] the miracle of Mercy the Good Samaritan this is Jesus hey who is the Son of God and the savior of the world you see when Jesus was on Earth he wanted everyone to know what God thought about things so he took every opportunity to teach people about God's heart one day a religious expert stood up to T Jesus by asking him this question teacher what should I do to inherit eternal life what does the law say the man answered you must love the Lord your God with all your heart all your soul all your strength and all your mind and love your neighbor as [Music] yourself right all right do this and you will live wait the man then asked and who is my neighbor Jesus replied with a story a Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho and he was attacked by Bandits they stripped him of his clothes beat him up and left him half dead beside the road by chance a priest came along but when he saw the man lying there yuck he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by la la la la la la la la la la la la wow another man who worked in the temple who was called a levite walked over and looked at him lying there out uh huh but he also passed by on the other side then a Samaritan came along Samaritans were hated by Jews they were seen as lesser people and Jews would not interact with them but when the Samaritan saw the man he felt compassion for him going over to him the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them then he put the man on his donkey and took him to an inn where he took care of him one room please [Music] the next day he handed the inkeeper two silver coins telling him take care of this man if his bill runs higher than this I'll pay you the next time I'm here now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by Bandits the man replied the one who showed him Mercy then Jesus said yes now go and do the same