On him (μετ' αυτου). With him, more exactly. The lawyer saw the point and gave the correct answer, but he gulped at the word "Sama…

He that showed mercy. His Jewish prejudice would not permit him to name the Samaritan, but there was no impropriety, eve…

Go, and do you likewise.—This was the practical, though not the formal, answer to the question of the lawyer. If he acted in the spirit of…

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.

St. Cyril of Alexandria: The lawyer, when praised by our Savior for having answered correctly, erupts in pride, thinking he ha…

The “expert” cannot avoid the thrust of the parable, though he apparently finds it impo ible to say the word “Samaritan” in his reply. Jesus now re…

And he said, he that showed mercy to him Meaning the Samaritan; which he was obliged to declare, though of another countr…

If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbor w…