For many people, this is the reason for biblical study in the first place. What does this text tell me about God, about Jesus, about salvation, about the nature of the Christian life? How does my understanding of the other textures of this text inform my faith and practice as a believer, or my search for faith? What will I do differently today because I have grappled with this text? In a way, the sacred texture of the Samaritan begins when we realize that the lawyer is asking our question—“what must