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Luke 10:30 Jesus, taking up the question, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who having both stripped him and beat him, went away, leaving him half dead. (31) And by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. (32) And likewise also a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the opposite side.

1 Cor. 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Rom. 7:9 And I was alive without the law once; but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. (10) And the commandment, which was unto life, this very commandment was found to me to be unto death. (11) For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

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The man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho fell among robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. These robbers signify the legalistic teachers of the Judaic law (John 10:1), who used the law (1 Cor. 15:56) to rob the law-keepers like the self-justified lawyer. The word "stripped" signifies the stripping by the law misused by the Judaizers. This beating signifies the killing by the law (Rom. 7:9-10). Furthermore, the robbers leaving the man half dead signifies the Judaizers' leaving the law- keeper in a dead condition (Rom. 7:11, 13).
All the Pharisees, legalistic teachers of Judaism, are here likened to robbers. The legalistic teachers of the Jewish religion stripped people and beat them and then left them half dead. The priest was one who should care for God's people by teaching them the law of God. In the parable, a priest was going down in the same way, but he was unable to render any help to the beaten one. A Levite was one who helped God's people in their worship to God. This Levite came to the same place, but he also was unable to render any help to the dying one.

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Luke 10:33 But a certain Samaritan, who was journeying, came upon him; and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion;

(34) And he came to him and bound up his wounds and poured oil and wine on them. And placing him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn and took care of him. (35) And on the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, Take care of him; and whatever you spend in addition to this, when I return, I will repay you.

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verses 33 and 34 describe the actions of a certain Samaritan who came to the man who fell among robbers. This Samaritan signifies the Man-Savior, who was apparently a layman of low estate, despised and slandered as a low and mean Samaritan (John 8:48; 4:9) by the self-exalted and self-justified Pharisees. Such a Man-Savior, in His lost-one-seeking and sinner-saving ministry journey, came down to the place where the wounded victim of the Judaizing robbers was in his miserable and dying condition. When He saw him, He was moved with compassion in His humanity with His divinity, and rendered him tender healing and saving care, fully meeting His urgent need.
In 10:34 and 35 all the points of the good Samaritan's care for the dying one portray, in His humanity with His divinity, the Man-Savior's merciful, tender, and bountiful care for a sinner condemned under law. This shows to the uttermost His high standard of morality in His saving grace. The Samaritan came to the man and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. The binding up of the wounds indicates that He healed him. Pouring on the man's wounds oil and wine signified giving Him the Holy Spirit and the divine life. When the Man-Savior came to us, He poured on our wounds His Spirit and His divine life.
The Samaritan brought the man to an inn and took care of him. This indicates that He brought him to the church and took care of him through the church. Here [vs. 35] we see that the Samaritan paid the inn for the man. This means that He blessed the church for him. Furthermore, His promise to pay the innkeeper whatever he spent in addition points to whatever the church spends for him in this age being repaid at the Savior's coming back.