Jesus spake unto them a parable, “A certain elderly person went down from home to the grocery store where flu shots were being given. Arriving, the elderly person fell into a long line, for there was great demand. Alas, no one in the store thought to provide chairs for the old people to sit in.
By chance there passed by an employee of the store, and seeing the long line, continued on his way for it wasn’t his problem.
Likewise a store manager passed by the same way, and seeing the line made a mental note that an underling should do something about this, and then passed by. But when another employee journeyed to clean up a spill or corral the carts or some other lowly task and saw the line of tortured people, she had compassion. She went throughout the store and found all the chairs that she could so that the waiting elderly could sit.
Jesus said, “Which of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto them that had to stand in line to get their flu shots?” And he said, “She that showed mercy on them.” Then said Jesus, “Go, and do thou likewise.” (cf. Luke 10:30-37)
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