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Siegfried Goebel sets out to define and explore the limits of parable in the Gospels. Arranging the parables by their content and meaning, he brings the reader to understand either their figurative narrative or their concrete, literal command. He treats each parable individually and demonstrates the qualities that prove each parable fall into one of his two categories: “figurative” or “typical”...

foreign character is emphasized in “journeying.” Moreover, as a Samaritan, he is regarded with hate and enmity of the bitterest kind by the inhabitants of the land through which he is journeying. And yet, where priest and Levite had closed their hearts in cruelty, this Samaritan feels compassion: “He came to him, and when he saw (him), he had compassion on him.” And where priest and Levite had passed by (ἀντιπαρῆλθεν), he goes near (προσελθών) in order to render quick, effectual help, ver. 34:
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