Didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37

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The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.

The good Samaritan helping a stranger who has been ignored by a priest and Levite. Line engraving by S. Smith after C.L. Eastlake.

John Patch. Engraving by E. A. Ezekiel, 1789, after J. Opie.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.

The good Samaritan helping a wounded man: two background scenes of robbing and assault while two figures walk by, set against Jerusalem. Line engraving by F. Berardi after G. Varana.

The good Samaritan stopping to help treat a wounded man. Drawing by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale.

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

The good Samaritan tending the wounds of a half-dead traveller. Mezzotint by R. Robinson.

Dr Samuel Johnson reading the manuscript of Oliver Goldsmith's 'The vicar of Wakefield', while a bailiff waits with the landlady. Mezzotint by S. Bellin, 1845, after E.M. Ward.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

The good Samaritan tending to the wounds of a half-dead man. Line engraving by G.H. Adcock after Dietrici.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.

Abel Beechcroft, while reading in the library of his house in Lambeth, is disturbed when Hilda Scarve is led into the room by his butler Jukes. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.

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Good Samaritan (Parable)

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The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.

Abel Beechcroft, while reading in the library of his house in Lambeth, is disturbed when Hilda Scarve is led into the room by his butler Jukes. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.

Good Samaritan (Parable)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Good Samaritan (Parable)

Works from the collections

The good Samaritan seeing to a man's wounds while a priest and Levite walk into the distance. Etching by W. Unger after F.G. Bassano the younger.

The good Samaritan pouring oils on a wounded half-dead man. Line engraving by P. Casteels after S. Rosa.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and a Levite walk on by. Line engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth.

The good Samaritan tending to a wounded man while a priest and Levite walk away. Line engraving by L. Masson after G. Freman.

Abel Beechcroft, while reading in the library of his house in Lambeth, is disturbed when Hilda Scarve is led into the room by his butler Jukes. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.

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