A man on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho is robbed and beaten and left for dead. Two men, a Priest and a then a Levite, walk by, crossing to the other side of the road to avoid any contact with him. Eventually the poor man is rescued by a Samaritan who even pays for his recovery.
We tend to think that the parable of the Good Samaritan is about the Samaritan – a man from a despised and alien culture doing the right thing; the appearance of grace in unexpected places.
