in the parable of the good samaritan the man was beaten bloody and left for dead. he was clearly suffering.
he wasn't "suffering" from homosexuality or transgenderism or structural racism
The verses leading to the parable consist of a lawyer loving God but not the people around him. He wanted to justify his disdain for people that weren't like him. Jesus calls for us to love others UNCONDITIONALLY. Just because I love someone who obviously has a multitude of sin in their life, doesn't mean I agree with their ideology. If looking at it from a spiritual perspective, as Jesus did, all who are outside of Him are suffering. They are suffering from spiritual influences and bondage of sin. Your neighbor is everyone, and anyone can be forgiven of their sins if they believe in Him and repent. Christ died for everyone, not just me and you.
Should probably look at the actual verse. The only statement regarding others is "... and your neighbor as yourself". Everything else you're saying comes from outside.
So I'm supposed to disregard the rest of the Bible and only use the five words you picked out? I will reference a scripture that describes your kind of thinking; " For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." Timothy 3:6-7
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