The Good Samaritan Tends the Wounded Man

The Good Samaritan kneels beside a stripped and wounded traveler on a barren road through rocky desert hills. The injured man lies helpless on a cloth while the Samaritan bends toward him in an act of mercy, echoing Jesus’ parable in Luke 10:25-37. The scene focuses on the moment compassion becomes costly action: the outsider stops where others passed by, draws near to suffering, and becomes a true neighbor. In the biblical teaching, Jesus uses this encounter to reveal that love of God is inseparable from practical mercy toward the vulnerable, even across social and ethnic boundaries. This artwork suits ministry themes of compassion, neighbor love, mercy, outreach, caregiving, and the call to “go, and do likewise.” by Erik Stenbakken