Parable of the Good Samaritan Parable of the Good Samaritan The parable of the Good Samaritan is a parable told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveller who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveller. Samaritans and Jews despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man. Jesus is described as telling the parable in response to the question from a lawyer, "And who is my neighbour?". In response, Jesus tells the parable,
The Good Samaritan Window, Chartres Cathedral twenty-four - depict the Story of Creation. These are the themes of the planes depicting the story of the Good Samaritan: 1 - Signature panel (a shoemaker cutting leather) 2 - Signature panel (shoemakers making cord soles) 3 - Signature panel (donation of the window) 4 - Christ telling the parable to a couple of Pharisees 5 - The pilgrim leaving Jerusalem 6 - A bandit prepares to attack the pilgrim 7 - The pilgrim is beaten, robbed and stripped 8 - A Priest and a Levite see the injured man but walk on past 9 - A Samaritan binds