Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke 10:36-37 NKJV
“So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell
among the thieves?” And he said, “He who showed compassion on him.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Matthew 25:34-35,40-41 NIV
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed
by my Father; … For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,
I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger
and you invited me in, …
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the
least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, . . .’
for more, see: LOVE One Another
1 Corinthians 13:1 — ( and the whole [Love] chapter )
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
“The expression ‘son of man’ occurs frequently in the Old Testament as a synonym for ‘man’ – a son of man is by nature man himself. It is a Semitic idiom signifying ‘human being.’ Virtually all of the 107 occurrences of the expression bear this out.”
“It is Jesus most frequent self-designation, appearing over 80 times, to stress he was fully human.”
The Hebrew or Aramaic term translated as “son of man” is simply, like mankind in English, a chauvinistic way to describe all of humanity, … man and son of man … human beings and mortals … That is of course what those former terms actually meant. pg.49, Jesus A Revolutionary Biography by John Dominic Crossan
Luke 17:20-21
Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, `Here it is,` or `There it is,` because the kingdom of God is within you.”
for more, see: LOVE One Another
for more, see: the Historical Jesus