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The Parable of the Good Samaritan - Mary and Martha

CHAPTER 35

The Parable of the Good Samaritan - Mary and Martha

What you do to your neighbour you do to Christ and to yourself - About your behaviour towards your neighbour (1-8). Pray and work; the right measure (9-11). A picture for building the house of God, the New Jerusalem on earth - The divine wisdom calls the sons and daughters of God; she prepares the Inner Path and brings the all-encompassing divine laws - Those who live in Me will become the living wellspring (12-15)

1. A scribe who wanted to convict Him came up to Him and said, "Master, what must I do in order to gain eternal life?” He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

2. He answered, saying, "You shall not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. You shall love God, your Lord, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. You shall do unto others what you would have them do unto you.”

3. And Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live. All the laws and the prophets depend on these three commandments, for the one who loves God also loves his neighbour.”

4. However, he wanted to defend himself and said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbour?” Jesus answered, saying, "There was a man who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and he fell among thieves who stripped him of his raiment, wounded him and walked away, leaving Him lying half dead.

5. And it came to pass that a priest was coming down this street; and when he saw him, he passed him by. Likewise, a Levite, as he came down and saw him, passed by on the other side.

6. But a Samaritan also came on his journey to where the man lay and, when he saw him, he had compassion on him. He went to him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them. He then sat him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

7. The next morning, because he had to continue his journey, he took out two pence, gave them to the innkeeper and said to him, 'Take care of him and, if you need more, I will repay you when I come back.'

8. Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the one who had fallen among the thieves?” He said, "The one who showed mercy towards him.” And Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same.” (Chap. 35:1-8)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

This statement too, like many others, should accompany you on your earthly journey: "A scribe who wanted to convict Him came up to Him.”

Recognize that you should never set a trap for your neighbour, for with this you give the tempter the opportunity to make you fall.

If you are not watchful, that is, when you do not control your sensations and thoughts, then the tempter will creep in through your own sensations and thoughts, through your human ways, your human ego, and will tempt you to do what corresponds to your human condition at that time.

Recognize the law: What you do to your neighbour, you do to yourself. The effect can come through a second or third person, or through the invisible dark power, the tempter.

And "You shall not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you” means to pay attention to every moment of your earthly life. Then you have insight into your world of sensations and thoughts and can give your humanness over to Me, the Christ, in time, before you do to your neighbour what would then fall back on you. What you do to your neighbour, you do also to Me, the Christ - and to yourself, for your neighbour is a part of Me and also a part of you.

The one who loves God with all his heart and soul also loves his neighbour selflessly from the depths of his soul and heart. This means that you should do to your neighbour what you want him to do to you. Thus, you should respect your neighbour and do to him what is in accordance with the eternal law - but not the unlawful things which he demands of you.

Furthermore, recognize that you should love and do good not only to those who love you and do the same or similar things to you. Love all your fellow men and do good to all according to the law of selfless love and of the right way of giving and receiving. Therefore, love also those who do not love you and do good also to those who despise and reject you.

However, in the commandment of giving, take into consideration the free will of your neighbours. If they do not want your selfless help, then do not give it. But if they want your selfless help in order to become rich through you - for instance, so that they need not work to earn their bread - then offer them your help to find work, so that they themselves can earn what they expected of you.

In every situation with your fellow man, remember the commandment of unity with all people. Do you practise selflessness when you love only those who love you and help only those who were or are helpful to you? This is what the pharisees do.

As you fulfil the commandments of selflessness more and more, you begin to really live.

The commandments of giving, of freedom of will, of unity and selflessness are basic elements of the eternal law of God. They hold true for all beings and people. The just prophets, too, fulfilled and fulfil them.

Recognize that every one, without exception, is your neighbour.

I have already revealed that, from generation to generation, mankind attributed again and again another purport - that is, another meaning - to many words.

And so, the word "compassion” has another meaning in the law of life than what man attributes to it today:

In the law of life, compassion means to feel, to empathize, with the person who is suffering, in order to sense what he needs.

The word "compassion” also means to practise mercy - however, not to wail with and to lament and pity your neighbour as a "poor fellow”. For the one who acts in this way can thereby awaken self-pity in the one who is suffering, thus contributing to his getting caught up in his own grief, through self-pity.

The person who feels compassion with true selflessness senses in his heart the situation of his neighbour. He will help selflessly and will, according to the law of life, do his best possible for his neighbour.

9. Now it came to pass that on the way they came into a village. A woman called Martha received Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary; she also sat at Jesus' feet and listened to His word.

10. But Martha busied herself with serving Him. And she came to Him, saying, "Lord, don't you care that my sister lets me serve alone? Why don't You tell her that she should help me?”

11. And Jesus answered, saying to her, "Martha, Martha, you are concerned and trouble yourself with many things; but only one thing is necessary. And Mary has chosen this good part and it shall not be taken from her.” (Chap. 35:9-11)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

"And Mary has chosen this good part and it shall not be taken from her” means that not the mere bustling about and serving externally bring spiritual gain to a person, but the right measure in all things. The determining factor is that man accomplish everything from his heart and with the power of God.

God works through the one who rests in God. His selfless activity is then a blessing for many.

12. Once again, as Jesus sat for the evening meal with His disciples in a certain city, He said to them, "Like a table on twelve pillars, so Am I in your midst.

13. Verily, I say to you, wisdom builds her house and hews her twelve pillars. She prepares her bread and her oil and mixes her wine. She arranges her table.

14. And she stands on the high places of the city and calls the sons and daughters of man. Whosoever wants, let him be led to this place, let him eat of My bread and take of My oil and drink of My wine.

15. Break with the foolish ones and live and walk on the path of insight into all things. The veneration of God is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy One is understanding. Through Me, your days will be multiplied and the years of your life will increase.” (Chap. 35:12-15)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

"Like a table on twelve pillars, so Am I in your midst” means that the table on twelve pillars symbolizes the Sanctum of God in the supporting strength of the twelve elders in whose midst I Am, the Christ of God. In the same way, as Jesus of Nazareth, I was in the midst of the twelve apostles who symbolized the twelve elders of the Sanctum.

I Am the way, the truth and the life, the bread, the oil and the wine.

"Verily, I say to you, wisdom builds her house and hews her twelve pillars” means that the wisdom from God - His nature in the angel-prince of the divine wisdom and his spirit-dual in earthly garment - builds the spiritual house, the tent of God among men: The New Jerusalem.

For the people of good will, the divine wisdom prepared the path into the Inner Life, to Me, the Christ of God, the Redeemer of all souls and men. It is the Inner Path.

Together with Me, the Christ, she calls the sons and daughters of God from the lineage of David and from other lineages, in order to found and build the Kingdom of Peace of Jesus Christ. The lineage of David is the same as the tribe of David for My Kingdom of Peace on this earth.

The divine wisdom, with men and women from the lineage of David and from other lineages, hews the twelve pillars. This means that they create the foundation of the Kingdom of Peace of Jesus Christ, in which the house, the tent of God, the New Jerusalem, the centre, is the supporting pillar for the Kingdom of Peace of Jesus Christ. The twelve pillars also symbolize the twelve gates of the eternal city of God and of the New Jerusalem, on the light-filled earth in the Kingdom of Peace of Jesus Christ.

"She prepares her bread and her oil and mixes her wine” means that the divine wisdom brings to man the all-encompassing laws of God. The one who lives according to the laws of God stands at My right and sits with all righteous men and women at the table of the Christ of God and of the divine wisdom.

The one who sits at the table of life also receives from the table of God. The bread, the oil and the wine symbolize the gifts of life which are offered to all those who live in Me, the Christ of God.

The words "she arranges her table” mean that the divine wisdom invites guests to the Lord's supper in the house of God, the New Jerusalem on earth. And those of honest heart eat at the table of God with Me, the Christ. They are consciously the upholders of the coming generations.

This table of God in the house of God is already prepared. Those who sit at the table of the Lord are the brothers and sisters of the original community New Jerusalem, who made the covenant for the Kingdom of Peace of Jesus Christ with the Eternal and with Me, the Christ of God.

As revealed, I, Christ, and the divine wisdom call all the sons and daughters of God from the lineage of David and from other lineages.

The table of God is prepared for all people of good will, and they will all come, for they will feel that they are welcome.

I correct the statement: "And she stands on the high places of the city and calls the sons and daughters of man.” On the prepared places of many cities and communities, the divine wisdom calls the sons and daughters of man to turn back and turn within and calls the sons and daughters from the lineage of David and from other lineages, so that they may fulfil their divine mission.

Everyone who is of good will is called. This is the meaning of the words, "Whosoever wants, let him be led to this place, let him eat of My bread and take of My oil and drink of My wine.”

The gifts from the origin of the source, God, offered through the divine wisdom, are the fullness from the law of God. The one who fulfils the laws of God lives in God and in His fullness. And he will lack nothing.

"Break with the foolish ones and live and walk on the path of insight into all things” means: Break with the human ego and with all those who want to tie you to themselves through their conceptions and opinions, and with all the foolish ones who, though knowing better, want to stay as they are: foolish and petty. To break with them means to let go externally and to keep them in your inner being.

Walk on the path of insight and you will turn within - to the life within, in every person.

The divine wisdom brought the all-embracing Inner Path, so that the true seeker may find himself in Me, the Christ of God, and be able to draw from the inexhaustible source, God. The one who truly walks the Inner Path, which I, the Christ of God, have revealed to man through the divine wisdom, attains true greatness.

He will recognize God in all things, honour Him and live in His holy will. Thus, he will live in the law of selfless love and will recognize and understand all things and all that is, in the light of truth.

In these days, the people who live in Me, the Christ of God, will become the living wellspring through Me. I will multiply their days because they live in Me and, through Me, bring salvation into this world to their fellow brothers and sisters.

In the course of generations, they will work together during the years of their earthly existence and will be a witness to all those who still live in the materialistic world.