Good Samaritan usually refers to the
Parable of the Good Samaritan
The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler (implicitly understood to be Jewish) who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First, a Jewish priest and then a ...
, a story in the Christian gospel of Luke that encourages people to help others who are in danger.
The phrases Good Samaritan and The Good Samaritan may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Art
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''The Good Samaritan'' (Morot), a 1880 painting by Aimé Morot
Film
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''The Good Samaritan'' (film), 2014 crime thriller
* , 1971 Japanese comedy film
Television
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"The Good Samaritan" (''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''), an episode of the fourth season of ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
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''The Good Samaritan'' (Hallmark), a 1954
episode of the ''Hallmark Hall of Fame''
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"The Good Samaritan" (''NCIS''), ''NCIS'' episode
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"The Good Samaritan" (''Seinfeld''), an episode in the show's third season
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"The Good Samaritan" (''The Blacklist''), a 2014 episode from TV series ''The Blacklist''
Laws
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Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996
The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act was created to encourage food donation to nonprofit organizations by minimizing liability. Signed into United States law by President Bill Clinton, this law, named after Representative Bill Emerson ...
, a US law intended to encourage food donations
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Good Samaritan law
Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or whom they believe to be injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated.[The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the largest not-for-profit provider of senior housing and services in America. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the society operates centers throughout the United States. The organ ...]
, a U.S.-based senior housing and nursing organization, now owned by Sanford Health
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Good Samaritan Society
The Good Samaritan Society / Good Samaritan Canada (GSS) is a Canadian Lutheran social service organization that provides continuing care, assisted living and other health and community care services to the independent elderly, frail elderly, me ...
, a Canadian Lutheran social service care home organization
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Sisters of the Good Samaritan
The Congregation of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, colloquially known as the "Good Sams", is a Roman Catholic congregation of religious women commenced by Bede Polding, OSB, Australia’s first Catholic bishop, in Sydney in 1857. The congreg ...
, a Roman Catholic congregation in Australia
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Anglican Church of the Good Samaritan
The Anglican Church of the Good Samaritan is an Anglican church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Founded in 2008, it is a member of the Anglican Network in Canada, which separated from the Anglican Church of Canada. Since 2022, ...
, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan
The Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan is a multigenerational Episcopal faith community in Corvallis, Oregon. Originally located in the historic building on Madison and 7th, the church now holds services from its 1962 location on the corner o ...
, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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Good Samaritan Hospital (disambiguation)
Good Samaritan Hospital or Good Samaritan Medical Center may refer to:
India
*Good Samaritan Hospital (Panamattom), Koprakalam, Panamattom, Kerala
* Good Samaritan Centre, Mutholath Nagar, Cherpunkal, Kottyam, Kerala
United States
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, several hospitals
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Good Samaritan Children's Home
The Good Samaritan Children's Home is an orphanage in Velika Dobrony, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. Established in 1995, the orphanage serves girls ages 2 through 12 and is operated by the Reformed Church of Transcarpathia.
History
In the mid 198 ...
, an orphanage in the Ukraine
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Inn of the Good Samaritan
The Inn of the Good Samaritan is a national park, museum, ancient archaeological site and former inn administered by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority located near Ma'ale Adumim, halfway between Jerusalem and Jericho, at an elevation o ...
(''Khan al-Hatruri''), a archeological site (caravanserai) located at the road between Jerusalem and Jericho
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Good Samaritan Catholic College
Good Samaritan Catholic College is a Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, located in Hinchinbrook, a South-Western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The school was founded in 1999 and named after the Bibl ...
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Bad Samaritans (disambiguation) Bad Samaritans or Bad Samaritan or ''variation'', may refer to:
* '' Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism'', a 2007 book by economist Ha-Joon Chang
* ''Bad Samaritans'' (TV series), a 2013 comedy web series
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Good (disambiguation)
Good is that which is to be preferred and prescribed; not evil.
Good or Goods may also refer to:
Common uses
* "Good" the opposite of evil, for the distinction between positive and negative entities, see Good and evil
* Goods, materials that sat ...
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