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He then turned in a private aside to his disciples. "Fortunate the eyes that see what you're seeing!
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There are plenty of prophets and kings who would have given their right arm to see what you are seeing but never got so much as a glimpse, to hear what you are hearing but never got so much as a whisper." Defining "Neighbor"
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Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. "Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?"
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He answered, "What's written in God's Law? How do you interpret it?"
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He said, "That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence - and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself."
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"Good answer!" said Jesus. "Do it and you'll live."
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Looking for a loophole, he asked, "And just how would you define 'neighbor'?"
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Jesus answered by telling a story. "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead.
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Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side.
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Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.
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"A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man's condition, his heart went out to him.