Whose your neighbor?

January 14,2014

It was my first day as an intern on a small daily newspaper. I heard the publisher yell "Whose old Plymouth is parked out front." It was mine. I moved it. Later the city editor took me to the back
of the building, We looked down at an empty parking lot behind a Temple. "You park there," he said, "and if anyone says anything tell them Abe sent you. Abe was my neighbor that day.

When a lawyer asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?", Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan.
Then Jesus asked who was the neighbor. The lawyer answered, "The one who showed mercy."

Jesus ended the conversation by saying, "Go and do likewise." (Luke 10:36-37)