Luke 10:36,37

Luke 10:36

We may learn from this parable

I. That religious profession and service have no necessary connection with real goodness.

II. That neighbourhood is not cancelled by a difference of religion.

III. That true neighbourliness involves the spirit of sacrifice.

E. Miller, The Hem of Christ's Garment,p. 177.

References: Luke 10:36; Luke 10:37. W. Hay Aitken, Mission Sermons,2nd series, p. 40; J. G. Rogers, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxvii., p. 140; Clergyman's Magazine,vol. v., pp. 32, 273.Luke 10:37. C. Girdlestone, A Course of Sermons,vol. i., p. 291; R. Flint, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxv., p. 228. Luke 10:38; Luke 10:39. T. T. Lynch, Three Months' Ministry,p. 41.Luke 10:38. Homiletic Magazine,vol. xii., p. 183; Preacher's Monthly,vol. x., p. 230; F. D. Maurice, The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven,p. 172; Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. xvi., No. 927; H. W. Beecher, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xxi., p. 36; W. Wilson, Christ setting His Face to go to Jerusalem,p. 215.Luke 10:39. Spurgeon, My Sermon Notes: Gospels and Acts,p. 98. Luke 10:40. Ibid., Evening by Evening,p. 24; J. M. Neale, Sermons in a Religious House,2nd series, vol. ii., p. 421.