Seriously wounded – the Lord Jesus sympathizes - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

A certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion.
Luke 10:33

Seriously wounded - the Lord Jesus sympathizes
In the parable of the Good Samaritan the Lord Jesus told how a man fell among thieves on the way from Jerusalem to Jericho. They robbed him of all he had and left him lying there half dead. Two representatives of the Jewish religion, a priest and a Levite, passed the scene subsequently, one after the other. Both left the victim lying there.

Then a Samaritan came by. The Samaritans were a mixed race strictly avoided by pious Jews.

But of this "foreigner" its states specifically that "he had compassion" when he saw the injured Jew lying there..

In the Good Samaritan we easily recognize the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, who said of Himself, "The Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19, 10).

Seriously wounded and far from God, offended by wickedness, evil words and injustice from others, and equally through quarrels and envy, addiction and violence, even through living a life apart from God, for which we are ourselves responsible: is this not the pitiful condition in which the Lord Jesus finds everyone? He is the only sinless One and therefore is pained to see us being destroyed through our misery of sin.

What did the Samaritan do? He approached the victim and, pouring oil and wine on his wounds, bandaged them. Then he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn and took care of him. In a figurative sense, that is precisely what the Lord Jesus wishes to do for each needy person who seeks his help and salvation.