Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “What is written in the Law?” [Jesus] replied. . . .
[The man] answered: “ ‘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, ‘Love
your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” But
[the man] wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my
neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when
he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him
and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down
the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on
the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came [to] where the man was;
and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his
wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey,
took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver
coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I
return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into
the hands of robbers?” [Jesus asked.]

What do you think Jesus was trying to teach by telling this story?