A mural outside St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Silao, Mexico, quotes the Good Samaritan story: 'Go and do likewise.' (Enrique López-Tamayo Biosca/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY) ...

The Samaritan’s good deed is not meant to be a one-off, feel-good bit of charity. The Samaritan wants the victim to be made whole; he wants his charitable work to have a sustainable outcome.