Say the word “Samaritan” out loud, and most people will think you’re talking about a good guy. Somebody who’d stop to change your tire in the pouring rain. Somebody who’d help you make your rent payment if you were about to get evicted. Somebody who’d rescue a baby from a burning building. The phrase “good Samaritan” is such a part of the English language that it’s easy to forget that it was once a contradiction in terms. When Jesus was alive, his people believed that the only possible kind of Samaritan was a bad Samaritan. Jesus was a good and …