snickering and because they are now being lavishly befriended. A smile comes momentarily to the faces of the clerics as the spotlight shifts from them. But only momentarily. The narrator looks around to see whether a smile lingers on any face very long. The Jew who was excessively proud of his blood line and a chauvinist about his tradition would not permit a Samaritan to touch him, much less minister to him. In going from Galilee to Judea, he would cross and recross the Jordan to avoid going through