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The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. [1] It is about a traveler (implicitly understood to be Jewish) who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. A Jewish priest and then a Levite come by, both avoiding the man. A Samaritan happens upon him, and though Samaritans and Jews were ...
The sayings of Jesus on the cross (sometimes called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words". The seven sayings are gathered from the four canonical gospels. [1][2] In Matthew and Mark, Jesus cries out to God.
The phrase " God helps those who help themselves " is a motto that emphasizes the importance of self-initiative and agency. The phrase originated in ancient Greece as " the gods help those who help themselves " and may originally have been proverbial. It is illustrated by two of Aesop's Fables and a similar sentiment is found in ancient Greek ...
In fact, Jesus ... Maybe you're wondering how to pray or what you have to do to get into heaven. With all of life's questions, there is no better way to get answers than straight from the Bible.
Christianity portal. v. t. e. There have been a variety of Christian views on poverty and wealth. At one end of the spectrum is a view which casts wealth and materialism as an evil to be avoided and even combated. At the other end is a view which casts prosperity and well-being as a blessing from God. Many taking the former position address the ...
New Testament authors also quote from other sources. The synoptic gospels have Jesus quoting from or alluding to deutero-canonical works several times, such as the Wisdom of the Son of Sirach. Paul makes three quotations from classical poets. The Epistle of Jude quotes the pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch (1 Enoch 1:9) and the Assumption of Moses.
Christ healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Bernhard Rode 1780. Healing the paralytic at Capernaum is one of the miracles of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels (Matthew 9:1 – 8, Mark 2:1–12, and Luke 5:17–26). [1][2][3][4] Jesus was living in Capernaum and teaching the people there, and on one occasion the people gathered in such large ...
Parable of the drowning man. The parable of the drowning man, also known as Two Boats and a Helicopter, is a short story, often told as a joke, most often about a devoutly Christian man, frequently a minister, who refuses several rescue attempts in the face of approaching floodwaters, each time telling the would-be rescuers that God will save him.