What might the Lord Jesus be referring to in His Promises?

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The truth in Mark 12:29 and likewise in Deuteronomy 6:4 is that the Lord Jesus emphasized it as the foundation for fulfilling Mark 12:30 and Deuteronomy 6:5. When the Lord Jesus prayed to His Father, He prayed for His disciples who had come to know the one true God.
Therefore, they alone can attain eternal life or be with God in His kingdom.
JOHN 17:1-3
17 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

How can the one true God be recognized if He is a spirit? Here the Lord Jesus said: If you know Me, you will also know My Father.
JOHN 8:19
19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

This is also equivalent to what Jesus said.
JOHN 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
 
How can the one true God be recognized if He is a spirit? Here the Lord Jesus said: If you know Me, you will also know My Father.
JOHN 8:19
19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

This is also equivalent to what Jesus said.
JOHN 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

I once asked the Lord Jesus Christ how I could know Him and at the same time know God the Father. His answer, which I read in Matthew 16:15–17, showed that it requires revelation from God the Father or a miracle from God to truly recognize the Jesus who spoke in John 8:19.
MATTHEW 16:15-17
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Therefore, for the door of truth in Mark 12:29 and Deuteronomy 6:4 to be opened, the knowledge and recognition of the Lord Jesus Christ must come from heaven.

Sadly, the Jesus whom many people know today comes only from their fellow men whom they recognize as preachers.
 
I once asked the Lord Jesus Christ how I could know Him and at the same time know God the Father. His answer, which I read in Matthew 16:15–17, showed that it requires revelation from God the Father or a miracle from God to truly recognize the Jesus who spoke in John 8:19.
MATTHEW 16:15-17
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Therefore, for the door of truth in Mark 12:29 and Deuteronomy 6:4 to be opened, the knowledge and recognition of the Lord Jesus Christ must come from heaven.

Sadly, the Jesus whom many people know today comes only from their fellow men whom they recognize as preachers.
Thank God there are still preachers who faithfully preach the word of God.
 
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Romans 11.
Roman’s 9 for proper context first thought ….right ?



“Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭9:6-8‬ ‭KJV‬‬



“Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭9:27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

People need to identify the two covenants and the people they are made with “ the children of Israel ( jacobs flesh children ) had a covenant that they broke and all of the curses written in it if they broke it were fulfilled upon them . but God decided to preserve and choose and save a remnant of them through the messiah when he came in order to spread the gospel to all humanity and whoever accepted the gospel would become Abraham’s promised children of the inheritance of Gods kingdom
Not these people That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God:
But these people
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”
Through this promise


“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, ( your flesh identity doesn’t matter anymore ) there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.( Jesus is israelite of judahs tribe )

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:27-29‬ ‭KJV‬‬


To summarize being born of Israeli flesh will not save any person even adhering to Moses law cannot and would Not save any person regardless whose flesh they are of . The only factor re aiming for a Jew or gentile is hearing and believing or rejecting the gospel as many Jews and many gentiles do even today

the new covenant belongs to the isralites who accepted its mediator Jesus Christ and everyone else who accept thier witness of him which began at Jerusalem and has spread throughout the globe as he said it would before the end comes

What nationality oir flesh is means nothing ot won’t save or condemn any man but thoer response to Christ and the gospel will determine thier inheritance in his kingdom


remember Jesus was preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God …… and sent his apostles to preach the same to all humanity after his departure . If we reject the “ gospel of the kingdom “ we’re rejecting gods kingdom and our place and inheritance in it ….

when he said “ the gospel will be taken from you “ he’s telling the story of Israel’s co tinier rejection of his prophets and then his son who was the last Hope and sayong because you’ve rejected me the inheritance will now be given to people who won’t reject me and who will believe and follow me they will inherit my kingdom and be my children
 
Roman’s 9 for proper context first thought ….right ?



“Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭9:6-8‬ ‭KJV‬‬



“Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭9:27‬ ‭KJV‬‬

People need to identify the two covenants and the people they are made with “ the children of Israel ( jacobs flesh children ) had a covenant that they broke and all of the curses written in it if they broke it were fulfilled upon them . but God decided to preserve and choose and save a remnant of them through the messiah when he came in order to spread the gospel to all humanity and whoever accepted the gospel would become Abraham’s promised children of the inheritance of Gods kingdom
Not these people That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God:
But these people
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.”
Through this promise


“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, ( your flesh identity doesn’t matter anymore ) there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.( Jesus is israelite of judahs tribe )

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:27-29‬ ‭KJV‬‬


To summarize being born of Israeli flesh will not save any person even adhering to Moses law cannot and would Not save any person regardless whose flesh they are of . The only factor re aiming for a Jew or gentile is hearing and believing or rejecting the gospel as many Jews and many gentiles do even today

the new covenant belongs to the isralites who accepted its mediator Jesus Christ and everyone else who accept thier witness of him which began at Jerusalem and has spread throughout the globe as he said it would before the end comes

What nationality oir flesh is means nothing ot won’t save or condemn any man but thoer response to Christ and the gospel will determine thier inheritance in his kingdom


remember Jesus was preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God …… and sent his apostles to preach the same to all humanity after his departure . If we reject the “ gospel of the kingdom “ we’re rejecting gods kingdom and our place and inheritance in it ….

when he said “ the gospel will be taken from you “ he’s telling the story of Israel’s co tinier rejection of his prophets and then his son who was the last Hope and sayong because you’ve rejected me the inheritance will now be given to people who won’t reject me and who will believe and follow me they will inherit my kingdom and be my children
I thought Romans 11 was straightforward.

Romans 11:22-24
Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you
continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in their
unbelief, will be grafted in
, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut off from what is by
nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more
will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?
 
Thank God there are still preachers who faithfully preach the word of God.

I apologize, I’m not sure if I understood what you meant.
I am not a preacher like the well-known ministers who hold titles.
What I can only be proud of is that my knowledge of the Lord Jesus is a revelation from God the Father. That is why I share this truth with those who read this thread.

Because the great commandments in Mark 12:29–31 can never truly be fulfilled unless one’s knowledge of the Lord Jesus is a miracle and revelation from God.
 
I thought Romans 11 was straightforward.

Romans 11:22-24
Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God’s kindness, if you
continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. And they also, if they do not continue in their
unbelief, will be grafted in
, for God is able to graft them in again. For if you were cut off from what is by
nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more
will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?

Mmhm agreed and pretty much what I had said

“they also, if they do not continue in their
unbelief
, will be grafted in
, for God is able to graft them in again.”

any believer jew or gentile who repents and believes can and will be saved. So I agree any person who repents and believes the gospel as Jesus began preaching to Israel …….will be saved it’s the rejection rejection as messiah and king that is the Jewish problem it’s been the issue all along . They can’t be saved or redeemed by the law or Moses or animal blood ……… they have to repent and believe in Jesus like everyone else Jews need to become christians , followers of Christ like the chosen remnant did when he came.

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭4:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬


Jesus is the only way unless an isralite becomes a Christian ……..they aren’t an hier of Abraham
 
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I apologize, I’m not sure if I understood what you meant.
I am not a preacher like the well-known ministers who hold titles.
What I can only be proud of is that my knowledge of the Lord Jesus is a revelation from God the Father. That is why I share this truth with those who read this thread.

Because the great commandments in Mark 12:29–31 can never truly be fulfilled unless one’s knowledge of the Lord Jesus is a miracle and revelation from God.
Sorry if I was unclear. I was replying to this which who wrote: "Sadly, the Jesus whom many people know today comes only from their fellow men whom they recognize as preachers."

I wasn't saying that you are a preacher. I just said that it is good that there are still faithful preachers of God's word.
 
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I once asked the Lord Jesus Christ how I could know Him and at the same time know God the Father. His answer, which I read in Matthew 16:15–17, showed that it requires revelation from God the Father or a miracle from God to truly recognize the Jesus who spoke in John 8:19.
MATTHEW 16:15-17
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Therefore, for the door of truth in Mark 12:29 and Deuteronomy 6:4 to be opened, the knowledge and recognition of the Lord Jesus Christ must come from heaven.

Sadly, the Jesus whom many people know today comes only from their fellow men whom they recognize as preachers.
We should want to be His Hands and his feet
all are priests and kings
As a whole ,we r short on this cus we talking of old and the newness of The Holy Spirit can't move .
people can't understand
 
I once asked the Lord Jesus Christ how I could know Him and at the same time know God the Father. His answer, which I read in Matthew 16:15–17, showed that it requires revelation from God the Father or a miracle from God to truly recognize the Jesus who spoke in John 8:19.
MATTHEW 16:15-17
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Therefore, for the door of truth in Mark 12:29 and Deuteronomy 6:4 to be opened, the knowledge and recognition of the Lord Jesus Christ must come from heaven.

Sadly, the Jesus whom many people know today comes only from their fellow men whom they recognize as preachers.

I asked the Lord Jesus again, “If it takes a miracle to know the true Jesus whom the Apostles knew, then what is needed for someone to be granted that miracle from God and come to know the true Jesus?” Then I read again about the character of Simon Peter and why he came to know the Lord Jesus.
Peter did not rely on his own wisdom or on wisdom that comes from man (flesh & blood), which is why he came to know the true Jesus.
MATTHEW 16:15-17
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

And for the full meaning of what the Lord Jesus meant about the character of Simon Peter to be understood, He revealed it to Paul as well. Not relying on human wisdom or flesh and blood means having humility in order to truly know Jesus.
2 CHRONICLES 7:14
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Sorry if I was unclear. I was replying to this which who wrote: "Sadly, the Jesus whom many people know today comes only from their fellow men whom they recognize as preachers."

I wasn't saying that you are a preacher. I just said that it is good that there are still faithful preachers of God's word.

Can you identify who are the faithful preachers?
 
We should want to be His Hands and his feet
all are priests and kings
As a whole ,we r short on this cus we talking of old and the newness of The Holy Spirit can't move .
people can't understand
In the Old Testament because of thier continuos rebellion against his word God purposely made Israelites deaf and blind to his word. Until Jerusalem was left desolate

“And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, and the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.


But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭6:9-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

That’s why had to open thier eyes and ears or they couldn’t hear it’s a specific ot curse of the law

Jesus specifically says they fulfilled tbat prophecy

“Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest at any time they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And should understand with their heart, And should be converted, and I should heal them.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13:13-15‬ ‭KJV‬‬


when jesus began preaching the gospel to israel only he was coming after all the plan had been unfolding throughout the ot .

Part of the plan laid out meticulously in the ot prophets and law was that isreal would reject the promised messiah when he came and because of this God would send his message of salvation to the ends of the earth teaching forth to all people of all nations beginning at Jerusalem with a chosen remnant ( the apostles and early church ) they would be chosen

“Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
‭‭John‬ ‭6:70‬ ‭KJV‬‬

to receive and grasp the gospel so they could do this

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:14‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭1:2, 8-9‬ ‭

It’s strange to think maybe but today we are still reading thier witness of Jesus cjrost and the gospel all throughout the world in our Bible

people convert daily in the world from that blessed and chosen witness and Unlike Israel they weren’t blinded and made deaf rether the plain witness of Christ was spread throughout the world
 
Wherefore God alſo hath highly exalted him, and giuen him a name which is aboue euery name:
10 That at the name of Ieſus euery knee ſhould bow, of things in heauen, and things in earth, and things under the earth:
11 And that euery tongue ſhould confeſſe that Ieſus Chriſt is Lord, to the glorie of God the Father.
 
I once asked the Lord Jesus Christ how I could know Him and at the same time know God the Father. His answer, which I read in Matthew 16:15–17, showed that it requires revelation from God the Father or a miracle from God to truly recognize the Jesus who spoke in John 8:19.
MATTHEW 16:15-17
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Therefore, for the door of truth in Mark 12:29 and Deuteronomy 6:4 to be opened, the knowledge and recognition of the Lord Jesus Christ must come from heaven.

Sadly, the Jesus whom many people know today comes only from their fellow men whom they recognize as preachers.

The truth is that to love God (The Gospel of Mark 12:30), love for God cannot come from man himself. For man’s way of loving God is contrary to God’s way.
ISAIAH 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The Apostle Paul, who loved the Lord God, testified to this. That is why the very thing he did not want to do (but which was the will of the Lord God) was what he ended up doing.
ROMANS 7:15
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

To love the Lord God (The Gospel of Mark 12:30), God Himself will reveal to His chosen ones how they are to love Him. Therefore, love for God still comes from God.
 
The truth is that to love God (The Gospel of Mark 12:30), love for God cannot come from man himself. For man’s way of loving God is contrary to God’s way.
ISAIAH 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The Apostle Paul, who loved the Lord God, testified to this. That is why the very thing he did not want to do (but which was the will of the Lord God) was what he ended up doing.
ROMANS 7:15
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

To love the Lord God (The Gospel of Mark 12:30), God Himself will reveal to His chosen ones how they are to love Him. Therefore, love for God still comes from God.

What Paul did in Romans 7:15 in order to love God was revealed by the Lord Jesus only to His disciples so that they could love the Lord God according to the command in Gospel of Mark. 12:30.
MATTHEW 16:24
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
 
What Paul did in Romans 7:15 in order to love God was revealed by the Lord Jesus only to His disciples so that they could love the Lord God according to the command in Gospel of Mark. 12:30.
MATTHEW 16:24
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Another revelation from the Lord God is how a person should love God.
MATTHEW 25:40
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

When I continued asking my preacher about God and the words of God, he said that these brethren referred to by the Lord Jesus are our fellow human beings whom we should love, help, and care for.

However, when I asked the Lord who the brethren He referred to are, God revealed that they are the neighbors mentioned in Mark 12:31.

If the Lord was not referring to fellow human beings as the brethren, but rather to neighbors, who then can say who our neighbor is, the one we are commanded to love? Is there anyone who can explain?

Where are those who claim to be wise in the words of God because they studied for five to ten years? And so they accepted titles that rightfully belong only to God. Can they truly reveal who the neighbors are that should be loved? Yet the Lord Jesus had already spoken about this long ago.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:20
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
 
Another revelation from the Lord God is how a person should love God.
MATTHEW 25:40
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

When I continued asking my preacher about God and the words of God, he said that these brethren referred to by the Lord Jesus are our fellow human beings whom we should love, help, and care for.

However, when I asked the Lord who the brethren He referred to are, God revealed that they are the neighbors mentioned in Mark 12:31.

If the Lord was not referring to fellow human beings as the brethren, but rather to neighbors, who then can say who our neighbor is, the one we are commanded to love? Is there anyone who can explain?

Where are those who claim to be wise in the words of God because they studied for five to ten years? And so they accepted titles that rightfully belong only to God. Can they truly reveal who the neighbors are that should be loved? Yet the Lord Jesus had already spoken about this long ago.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:20
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
I understand that the word translated "neighbour" can mean various things, certainly not the way we use it (at least in British English) to refer only to the people who live next door to us. Here is the definition I found in my concordance:

1) a neighbour
1a) a friend
1b) any other person, and where two are concerned, the other (thy fellow man, thy neighbour), according to the Jews, any member of the Hebrew nation and commonwealth
1c) according to Christ, any other man irrespective of nation or religion with whom we live or whom we chance to meet

Paul wrote the Christian in Galatia:

(Gal 6:9 NKJV) And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
(Gal 6:10) Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

The parable of the Good Samaritan seems to show that by "neighbour", Jesus meant "fellow human being."
 
The truth is that to love God (The Gospel of Mark 12:30), love for God cannot come from man himself. For man’s way of loving God is contrary to God’s way.
ISAIAH 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The Apostle Paul, who loved the Lord God, testified to this. That is why the very thing he did not want to do (but which was the will of the Lord God) was what he ended up doing.
ROMANS 7:15
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

To love the Lord God (The Gospel of Mark 12:30), God Himself will reveal to His chosen ones how they are to love Him. Therefore, love for God still comes from God.
God is Love

Six pence none the richer
Take your Father gift
to Gift The Father .
Bible says plainly
God is Love
Thats The Only thing He Is everyhings else is to to Flow Love. Again by the Same
God is Love
 
I understand that the word translated "neighbour" can mean various things, certainly not the way we use it (at least in British English) to refer only to the people who live next door to us. Here is the definition I found in my concordance:

1) a neighbour
1a) a friend
1b) any other person, and where two are concerned, the other (thy fellow man, thy neighbour), according to the Jews, any member of the Hebrew nation and commonwealth
1c) according to Christ, any other man irrespective of nation or religion with whom we live or whom we chance to meet

Paul wrote the Christian in Galatia:

(Gal 6:9 NKJV) And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
(Gal 6:10) Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

The parable of the Good Samaritan seems to show that by "neighbour", Jesus meant "fellow human being."
I admit I haven't focus on that in a while.
Lately Tho , I see Jesus setting up The Branch through The Samaritan nation aka half breed Jews.They are the gentile gap chosen second and the church pretty much started from Samaritans
make sense Now.
Jesus again going to The well will no water bucket. He was fulfilling more prophecy s