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El buen samaritano — Historia Bíblica

Luke 10:25-37

Jesús muestra quién es el verdadero prójimo.

A teacher of the law wanted to test Jesus: "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus did not answer with a definition — he told a story. A man on the road to Jericho, robbed, left half dead, breathing hard under the sun. A priest passed: he saw, he turned aside. A Levite passed: he looked, he kept going. People "too religious" to dirty their hands.

Then came a Samaritan. To the Jews of that time, Samaritan was almost an insult — a long-standing enemy. He stopped. He cleaned wounds with wine and oil, bandaged them, put the man on his own animal, paid for lodging. He came back the next day and left money: "Whatever more you spend, I will repay."

Jesus asked: "Who was neighbor to that man?" The answer was obvious and uncomfortable: the one who showed mercy. Not the one with the right title. Not the one who lived nearby. The one who stopped.

The parable became a mirror: to be Jesus' neighbor is to see who is bleeding and not walk past. Compassion knows no boundary of origin, race, or religion. It knows only the face of someone in need.

Reflexión

How often do we pass wounded people — literally or on the inside — and hurry our step? The priest may have thought "it's not the time." The Levite, "it's not my duty." The Samaritan thought "this is a human being." Today someone near you may be "on the road." Stopping costs time, money, discomfort. Jesus measures nearness by love practiced, not by address. Who needs you to stop today?

Para niños

Man hurt: A man fell on the road, injured. He needed help fast!

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