Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers? — the question reverses the lawyer's original question: who is my neighbor (which people must I love?) becomes which of these three was a neighbor (how do you become a neighbor?). The question reframes the entire issue: the neighbor is not a category of people you must include but a way of being — the one who shows mercy.

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