@BionicNigga @sickburnbro @cough > It was the Samaritan who was illustrating the principle of love of neighbor by caring for the man on the side of the road, despite the general animosity between their peoples.

Bingo. Now, why couldn't you just have said that to start with?

The Samaritan was "being his neighbor".

But it had nothing to do with physical proximity. If that had been all it was the priest and Levite would have helped. But they demonstrated by their lack of action that they were not his "neighbors", even though they lived closer and were of the same tribe.

> It has nothing to do with repaying others' kindness.

I never said it did.