Portfolio 2: Good Samaritan Interpretation

In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus talks about what it means to be human. Being human is when someone sympathizes with another person in need, and chooses to help that person. The priest and the Levite were the elite in the society of the time, and they chose not to act. Jesus' story criticized how they had lost their humanity because they had not experienced suffering in their lives. Jesus wants us to come back to our humanity. We cannot be afraid to suffer, because through our own suffering we are more able to help those suffering around us.