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Pentecost Season · Year C

Proper 10

July 16, 2028

The Good Samaritan, Jacopo Bassano
The Good Samaritan, Jacopo Bassano, c. 1562–63National Gallery, London
Bassano puts the lifting in the centre of a Venetian landscape, with the priest and the Levite already small on the road going away.Go and do likewise. The reading is the parable, and Bassano kept the two who walked past in the picture.Jacopo BassanoThe head of a family workshop in the Veneto, who put peasants, animals and kitchen pots into biblical scenes before anyone else did.National Gallery, LondonFounded in 1824 by buying one banker's collection, and deliberately placed in Trafalgar Square so that people from every part of London could walk to it.National Gallery, London
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:25-37Lk 10:25-37
EpistleCol. 1:1-14Col 1:1-14
Old TestamentAmos 7:7-17Am 7:7-17Alt. OTDeut. 30:9-14Dt 30:9-14
PsalterPs. 82Ps 82Alt. PsalmPs. 25:1-10Ps 25:1-10

Overview & Insights

"Go and do likewise." (Luke 10:37)

A lawyer tests Jesus by asking what he must do to inherit eternal life, and Jesus answers with a parable in which a despised Samaritan, not the priest or Levite, proves to be the true neighbor. The story redefines neighbor-love as active, costly mercy that crosses ethnic and religious lines.

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Commentary

Commentary on Luke 10:25-37Commentary on Lk 10:25-37 Working Preacher

Lays out how the parable makes compassion itself a divine action modeled by the Samaritan.

Luke 10:25-37 CommentaryLk 10:25-37 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A preaching-focused reading of the lawyer's self-justifying question and Jesus' reversal of it.

Luke 10 Bible CommentaryLk 10 Bible Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary covering the lawyer's test and the parable's details.

Luke 10:25 CommentariesLk 10:25 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries (Barnes, JFB, Cambridge) verse by verse for quick cross-reference.

In the Story of the Good Samaritan..., Proper 10 (C) - 2007 Sermons That Work · Episcopal Church

An Episcopal preaching sample built directly on this Sunday's Gospel.

Background & Word Study

Luke 10:25 InterlinearLk 10:25 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the underlying Greek for 'neighbor' (plesion) and 'mercy' (eleos) word by word.

Gospel of Luke Summary, Part 2 (video)Gospel of Lk Summary, Part 2 (video) BibleProject

Animated overview placing this parable within Luke's travel narrative to Jerusalem.

Luke 10:25-37 - The Good SamaritanLk 10:25-37 - The Good Samaritan Enter the Bible

Luther Seminary background on the legal and cultural setting of the lawyer's question.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Luke 10Catena on Lk 10 Catena

Patristic comments (Cyril, Ambrose, Origen) on the parable's meaning for the early church.

Sermons & Reflections

The meaning of mercy: Luke 10:25-37The meaning of mercy: Lk 10:25-37 The Christian Century

An essay on why the lawyer avoids saying 'the Samaritan' and what that reveals about mercy.

Worship & Prayers

Proper 10, Year C (Collect and Readings) The Lectionary Page

Gives the appointed Collect of the Day alongside the full set of readings for worship planning.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave Working Preacher

Weekly Luther Seminary faculty roundtable discussing the week's RCL texts, including this Gospel.

Art & Music

Luke 10:25-37 (art index)Lk 10:25-37 (art index) Vanderbilt

Curated public-domain paintings of the Good Samaritan for this passage.

Study Hub

Luke 10:25-37 linksLk 10:25-37 links Textweek

A long-running link index of commentary, sermons, and art for this specific pericope.

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