【双语灵修】耶稣与撒玛利亚人JESUS AND SAMARITANS

路加福音 10:30-37

耶稣回答说：“有一个人从耶路撒冷下耶利哥去，落在强盗手中。他们剥去他的衣裳，把他打个半死，就丢下他走了。偶然有一个祭司从这条路下来，看见他就从旁边过去了。又有一个利未人来到这地方，看见他也照样从旁边过去了。惟有一个撒马利亚人行路来到那里，看见他就动了慈心，上前用油和酒倒在他的伤处，包裹好了，骑上自己的牲口，带到店里去照应他。第二天拿出二钱银子来，交给店主说：‘你且照应他；此外所费用的，我回来必还你。’你想这三个人那一个是落在强盗手中的邻舍呢？”他说：“是怜悯他的。”耶稣说：“你去照样行吧。”

11月19日

耶稣与撒玛利亚人

“惟有一个撒玛利亚人行路来到那里，看见他就动了慈心。” - 路 10:33

耶稣有一个奇特的习惯，就是经常与“不合适的人”在一起。这在祂传道的初期已是这样，在途经撒玛利亚时，祂在叙加停下来，与一个被排斥的撒玛利亚人交谈（《约翰福音》4章）。

要明白：这是一个模式而不是例外。在我们今天所读的经文中，耶稣讲了一个比喻，关于在神眼中什么才是更重要的—是我们的怜悯心，而不是我们行事是否符合规格。耶稣特意布局，在比喻中安排两个犹太教神职人员作“坏人”，而英雄则是一个撒玛利亚人。想像一下，这会引起什么反应！对当时的宗教权威来说，那些细节就是公然的讥讽。怪不得那些宗教领袖会恼恨耶稣了。

耶稣的模式是经常以边缘人士作为主角的。祂用时间去关怀当时的普罗大众，而不理会那些有能力助祂成功的有权有势人士。试想，在你所在的城市中，一个破旧地区，耶稣正在关怀一些瑟缩路边的露宿者，当祂按他们的名字跟他们打招呼时，他们是多么欢喜雀跃呢！

耶稣在叙加停留，不是离开了当天行程的路线，祂乃是按原定计划前进的。谁是你生命中的“撒玛利亚人”呢？他们当中又有多少人会视你为朋友呢？

祷告

主啊，求你赐我们胆量和智慧去跨越社会、文化、和个人的障碍。教导我们效法你，以怜悯和勇气去爱和服侍边缘人士。阿们。

Luke 10:30-37

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

JESUS AND SAMARITANS

“But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.” —Luke 10:33

Jesus had a curious habit of spending time with “all the wrong people.” That showed up early in his public ministry when he traveled through Samaria, stopped at Sychar, and had a conversation with a Samaritan outcast (John 4).

Understand: this was a pattern, not an exception.

In our reading today, Jesus tells a parable about what really matters in God’s eyes—our compassion more than our correctness. Jesus intentionally sets things up so that the two “bad guys” in this parable are Jewish religious professionals, while the hero is a Samaritan. Imagine how that went over! That detail must have felt like a blatant dig at the religious establishment of the day. No wonder the religious leaders resented Jesus.

Jesus’ pattern consistently featured outsiders. He found time to care for the street people of his day, even if it meant overlooking powerful people with resources who might have advanced his cause. Can you picture Jesus in a rundown section of your town, working among huddled street people whose faces light up as they greet him by name?

Jesus’ stop in Sychar wasn’t off-course in his navigation that day. He was right on track. Who are the “Samaritans” in your life? How many of them would consider you a friend?

Lord, give us the boldness and wisdom to reach across social, cultural, and personal barriers. Teach us to love and serve outsiders as you do, with compassion and courage. Amen.