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  • Parable of the Good Samaritan
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  • Portraying a Samaritan in positive light would have come as a shock to Jesus' audience. It is typical of his provocative speech in which conventional expectations are turned upside down. The colloquial phrase "good Samaritan," meaning someone who helps a stranger, derives from this parable.
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  • Portraying a Samaritan in positive light would have come as a shock to Jesus' audience. It is typical of his provocative speech in which conventional expectations are turned upside down. The colloquial phrase "good Samaritan," meaning someone who helps a stranger, derives from this parable.