Paul wrote:
📖 “There is neither Jew nor Greek… for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Early Christians came from diverse nations, languages, and cultures. What united them was not race but faith.

He encouraged believers to put on “the new personality,” clothed with compassion, humility, and above all, love (Colossians 3:10-14). Love of neighbor was at the core of Jesus’ teaching:
📖 “You must love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27).

But what does “love of neighbor” really mean? That question was asked directly to Jesus by a man who wanted to know:
📖 “Teacher, what must I do to inherit everlasting life?” (Luke 10:25). Jesus turned the question back on him, and the man rightly answered that the two greatest commandments were to love God and love one’s neighbor (Luke 10:26,27). Jesus agreed, saying that these were the keys to life. Later, he emphasized the same point again in Matthew 22:36-39.

Still, the man wanted to know more:
📖 “Who really is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29). To answer, Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. In the story, three men saw a wounded traveler: firstly, a Levite (someone responsible for temple service), secondly, a priest (a man in a highly respected, exalted religious role), and finally, a Samaritan (a man of a different religion, from a group despised by the Jews). The first two walked by without helping. Only the Samaritan stopped, showed compassion, and gave of himself to care for the man.

When the story ended, Jesus asked the piercing question:
📖 “Who of these three seems to you to have made himself neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” (Luke 10:36). The answer was obvious—it was the Samaritan. A man of another background, another people, proved to be the true neighbor, not the religious leaders who should have known better.

The lesson is powerful: love of neighbor goes far beyond race, religion, or culture. A genuine neighbor is anyone who acts with compassion when another is in need. Jesus’ words call us to expand our view of who belongs in our circle of love. In God’s eyes, every person is our neighbor, worthy of dignity and care (Matthew 7:12).

This shows us that in God’s eyes, every person is a neighbor worthy of love. Prejudice fades when we see others as Jehovah God does—equal, valuable, and worthy of kindness.