The priest and the Levite were worse than the robbers. At least the robbers would admit they were thieves. These religious people covered their selfishness with a holy pretense. Satan loves to watch God's people just doing nothing bad, but not doing much good. Selfishness governs all ranks of people 5.
People make many excuses to avoid the trouble or expense in relieving others.
But the true Christian has the law of love written in his heart. The Jews had no dealings with Samaritans. If the situation were turned around the Jew would not have helped the Samaritan. All of us need the Samaritan's view of life. We need to have a willingness to help 5.