@ZachWeinersmith

So I'm gonna ruin the joke and tell you that you're missing the point:

1. The group Jesus was speaking to (Pharisees) prided themselves on their charity.

2. The first two people--the ones who walked by--were members of sects the Pharisees considered snooty and uncaring.

3. So they're all expecting the punchline of this joke-structured story to be a Pharisee, but no, it's a (slur).

(Rimshot.)

Which is the point of the story: "Love your neighbour" doesn't have exceptions.

@ZachWeinersmith I mean, have you *met* humanity?

@ZachWeinersmith Or remarkably on point.

@ZachWeinersmith Probably a member of the Judean People's Front.

@ZachWeinersmith This started immediately playing in my head:
https://youtu.be/OIVB3DdRgqU

@ZachWeinersmith While at this very moment two groups of Abrahamic Near Eastern Semites are smiting each other to bloody bits. Perhaps the story is all too timely?

@ZachWeinersmith it’s surprising how many people I’ve met who didn’t realize Samaritans are an actual ethno-religious group (just under a thousand left) and not just some Biblical jargon.