Questions for Group Discussions:

Text: Luke 10:25-37 (The Parable of the Good Samaritan)
Theme: See, don’t look. Serve, don’t outsource. Act, don’t wait.

Share about a current opportunity in your life to show mercy?

How would you answer the lawyers question, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

What are some modern-day equivalents of the “wounded man” in our communities, and how can we be Good Samaritans to them?

Who are the “neighbors” in our lives that we might overlook or avoid, and how can we take steps to love them as Jesus commands?

How does this parable challenge our understanding of who our “neighbor” is?

How do we often try to “justify” ourselves in our daily lives, and how does this hinder our relationship with God and others?

In what ways can we move from merely “looking” at people’s needs to truly “seeing” them with compassion, as the Samaritan did?

In what ways can our church or discipleship group embody the spirit of the Good Samaritan more effectively?

Can you think of a time when you “walked by” another person’s problem/hardship, and another time when you “saw and stopped”? What were these two experiences like for you?