@BionicNigga @sickburnbro @cough > "Neighbor" != "benefactor".

And yet that's exactly what Christ said it was.

> i.e. he did what was demanded by charity towards the man on the side of the road

And that was Christ's definition of neighbor. Those who are in charity with one another. A person who hates you is not your neighbor, no matter how close to you he lives.

> because *that man was his neighbor in that moment by virtue of being in his immediate sphere of influence so he had the ability to help him in his need*.

You're conflating two definitions into one and denying Christ's explicit words.

> All three who passed by were neighbors in this sense,

And yet Christ said only one was.

> The point of the parable is anyone you come across is your neighbor, even if they're from a group you don't like (Samaritans and Jews hated each other),

The point is that you are to be a neighbor (show charity) to all. But the commandment to love was only to those who show charity to you.

> Good grief you KJVtards are annoying, this is why God instituted a Church and not 30,000 book clubs to interpret His holy Word.

If you're church denies the clear meaning of Christ's words it's not part of his Church.