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Originally Posted by micah6v8
Also, in the parable of the Good Samaritan (which was about loving your neighbor), the Samaritan only takes care of the victim's health. The Samaritan doesn't stop to ask about the victim's spiritual condition. He does not even leave a gospel tract (or whatever was the equivalent in those times) for the victim when he departs from the inn.
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The Christian writer John Stott points out that different situations call for different responses:- in the parable of the Good Samaritan, we do not admonish the Samaritan for not enquiring into the spiritual state of the traveller; nor do we admonish Philip for sharing the gospel with the Ethiopian without enquiring into his social needs.