Good Samaritan
These four commission work pieces - Thukeri, The Emperor and the Seed, The Prancing Peacock and The Good Samaritan - display universal values and morals through a variety of religious and cultural stories.
Below are two versionf of the original Good Samaritan story - the first is from the Bible, the second is worded more appropriately for children. Click the green button below to see the lessons for this piece of music. |
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The Story of the Good Samaritan - from the Bible
The following comes from The Gospel According to Luke..
Luke 10:25-37 New International Version (NIV)
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He 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.”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35 The next day he took out two denariic]" 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.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Another version of the Good Samaritan Story (More child appropriate)
“Teacher! Want must I do to receive eternal life?”
The man who asked the question was a lawyer, trying to trick Jesus.
“What does God’s Law say?” Jesus responded.
“Love God and your neighbour”, the man said. “But who is my neighbour?”
To answer the man’s question, Jesus told a story about a Jewish man travelling on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.
The man was attacked by thieves who stole everything they could find, even taking the unfortunate traveller’s clothes. They also wounded him badly, leaving him half dead at the side of the road.
Now, by chance, a certain priest came by. Surely he would help the wounded man, but no! When he saw the man bleeding, he passed by on the other side of the road.
Soon the pad of feet announced the approach of another person. He was a Levite – a man who helped the priests at the temple. He went and looked at the hurt man, then walked away without helping.
Finally a Samaritan man came along.
Jewish people hated Samaritans. People listening to Jesus’ story would not expect a Samaritan to be the hero. But he was. The Samaritan cared, and stopped to help.
The Samaritan kneeled, and gently put medicine and bandages on the stranger’s wounds. Then he helped the hurt man onto his own donkey. At a roadside inn, the Samaritan took care of the man all night.
In the morning, he paid the innkeeper to care for the travelled until he was well again.
The story ended. Jesus asked, “Who was neighbour to the hurt man?”
The lawyer answered, “His neighbour was the Samaritan who showed mercy.”
“Go, and do likewise”, Jesus said.
A neighbour is anybody in need. We can show love by helping people in need. That pleases God.