What the Good Samaritan Did and Did NOT Do

But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ (Luke 10:33-35)

What the Good Samaritan did:

• Have compassion.
• Care for a stranger.
• Pay other people for services.
• Pay for a stranger to stay at an inn.
• Use his own personal resources.
• Inconvenience himself.

What the Good Samaritan did not do:

• Invite the man to live in Samaria.
• Invite the man to come home with him.
• Anything at all with multitudes of people.
• Take anyone's time, money, or resources against their will.
• Put himself in physical danger.
• Put his family in danger.
• Start a war against bandits.