THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Can you write, Sambo?

No suh

Can you read?

No suh, but my wife can read

Well, do you know the bible?

Ize pretty good on de bible, I know de bible from lid to lid

What part of the Bible do you like best?

Well suh, I likes de New Testament.

What book?

De book of de parables, suh

Which Parable?

Why, ah likes de parable of de good Samaritan

Tell me about the parable of the good Samaritan.

Once upon a time a man went to Jerusalem and he fell among thieves and the thorns grew up and choked that man. And he went on and did not have no money and he met the Queen of Sheba, And she give dat man, yes suh, she give dat man a thousand talents of gold and a hundren changes of raiment and he get in dat chariot and he drive furiously. When he was driving along under a big limb, his hair done got caught and left him hanging dere. And he hand dere many nights and days and de ravens bringed him food and water and one night while he was hanging dere asleep, his wife Delilah, she come along and cut off his hair. Den he dropped to de stony ground. And it begin to rain and it done rained fo fawty days and fo fawty nights and he hide himself in a cave. Along come a man and say, "Come and have supper wit me." And he say, "No, I can't, I have married a wife and can't come." And dat man compel him to come on in. He went wit him and dey come to Jerusalem and dere he see Queen Jezebel sitting' high up in da window. And when he see her he say, "Trow her down some mo!" So dey trowed her down Seventy times and da fragments dey pick up fill twelve baskets. Now whose wife do you tink she will be in duh ressurection?