parable of the Good Samaritan

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New Testament narrative biblical parable moral story teaching of Jesus

The parable of the Good Samaritan is a biblical story told by Jesus that illustrates radical neighborly love and compassion that transcends social, ethnic, and religious boundaries.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Parable of the Good Samaritan	6
parable of the Good Samaritan canonical	2
Good Samaritan	1
Good Samaritan (biblical parable)	1
Good Samaritan parable	1
the Samaritan pays for the man’s care	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T406590 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: parable of the Good Samaritan
Context triple: [Fratelli tutti, keyTheme, parable of the Good Samaritan]

A. Parable of the Prodigal Son
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a well-known New Testament story told by Jesus that illustrates themes of repentance, forgiveness, and the boundless mercy of a loving father toward his wayward son.
B. parable of the faithful and wicked servants
The parable of the faithful and wicked servants is a teaching of Jesus that contrasts a loyal, watchful servant with a negligent, abusive one to warn about readiness and accountability for his return.
C. Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is a foundational ethical principle, especially prominent in Christian teaching, that urges people to treat others as they themselves would like to be treated.
D. Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount is a foundational collection of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, emphasizing inner righteousness, humility, love of enemies, and the ethics of the Kingdom of God.
E. parable of the fig tree
The parable of the fig tree is a teaching of Jesus that uses the budding of a fig tree as a sign of approaching summer to illustrate how observable signs will indicate the nearness of God’s kingdom and the fulfillment of end-time events.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: parable of the Good Samaritan
Target entity description: The parable of the Good Samaritan is a biblical story told by Jesus that illustrates radical neighborly love and compassion that transcends social, ethnic, and religious boundaries.

A. Parable of the Prodigal Son
The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a well-known New Testament story told by Jesus that illustrates themes of repentance, forgiveness, and the boundless mercy of a loving father toward his wayward son.
B. parable of the faithful and wicked servants
The parable of the faithful and wicked servants is a teaching of Jesus that contrasts a loyal, watchful servant with a negligent, abusive one to warn about readiness and accountability for his return.
C. Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is a foundational ethical principle, especially prominent in Christian teaching, that urges people to treat others as they themselves would like to be treated.
D. Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount is a foundational collection of Jesus’ teachings in the New Testament, emphasizing inner righteousness, humility, love of enemies, and the ethics of the Kingdom of God.
E. parable of the fig tree
The parable of the fig tree is a teaching of Jesus that uses the budding of a fig tree as a sign of approaching summer to illustrate how observable signs will indicate the nearness of God’s kingdom and the fulfillment of end-time events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament narrative ⓘ biblical parable ⓘ moral story ⓘ teaching of Jesus ⓘ
addressedTo	Jewish audience ⓘ a lawyer ⓘ
concludesWithCommand	Go and do likewise ⓘ
contrasts	religious indifference and active mercy ⓘ
culturalImpact	term Good Samaritan in everyday language ⓘ
featuresAction	a Levite passes by ⓘ a Samaritan helps the wounded man ⓘ a man is robbed and beaten ⓘ a priest passes by ⓘ the Samaritan bandages the man’s wounds ⓘ the Samaritan pays for the man’s care ⓘ linked to: parable of the Good Samaritan the Samaritan takes the man to an inn ⓘ
foundIn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ
foundInChapter	Luke 10 ⓘ
foundInVerses	Luke 10:25–37 ⓘ
illustrates	compassion in action ⓘ love for enemies or despised groups ⓘ priority of mercy over ritual purity ⓘ radical neighborly love ⓘ
includesCharacter	a Levite ⓘ a Samaritan ⓘ a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho ⓘ a priest ⓘ an innkeeper ⓘ robbers ⓘ
influencedConcept	Good Samaritan laws ⓘ charitable ethics in Christian theology ⓘ
language	Koine Greek (original text) ⓘ
moral	compassion transcends social divisions ⓘ everyone is a neighbor ⓘ true neighborliness is shown by action ⓘ
promptedByQuestion	Who is my neighbor? ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
setting	road from Jerusalem to Jericho ⓘ
spokenBy	Jesus ⓘ linked to: Jesus Christ
theme	breaking social barriers ⓘ compassion ⓘ ethnic and religious boundaries ⓘ interpretation of the Law ⓘ love of neighbor ⓘ mercy ⓘ practical charity ⓘ
usedAsMetaphorFor	anyone who helps a stranger in need ⓘ
usedIn	Christian preaching ⓘ moral education ⓘ

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