Trinity/After Pentecost
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Trinity 13 · August 30, 2026

Overview & Insights
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." (Luke 10:27)
A lawyer asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life and, wanting to justify himself, asks who his neighbor is. Jesus answers with the parable of a traveler beaten by robbers, passed by a priest and a Levite, and rescued by a Samaritan, then tells the lawyer to go and show mercy in the same way.
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Commentary
Enduring Word Bible Commentary Luke Chapter 10 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the great commandment and the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Luke 10:23 Commentaries BibleHub
A stack of classic commentators such as Barnes, Gill, and the Pulpit Commentary on the lawyer's question and the parable.
Luke 10 Commentary Precept Austin
A deep gathering of word studies, quotations, and cross references worked verse by verse through the chapter.
Commentary on Luke 10:25-37 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary exegesis of the lawyer's question and the shock of naming the Samaritan enemy as neighbor.
Luke 10:25-37 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary on the twofold command to go and do the mercy the law requires.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Luke Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Luke's authorship, themes of mercy, and its many parables.
Gospel of Luke Overview (Chapters 10-24) BibleProject
An animated walk through the second half of Luke that opens with the Good Samaritan.
Luke 10:23 Greek Interlinear BibleHub
Greek word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for neighbor, mercy, and the great commandment.
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