At the time of our Savior, the Pharisees had restrained the meaning of the word "neighbor" to those of their own nation, or to their own friends; holding, that to hate their enemy was not forbidden by the law, Matthew 5:43 . But our Savior informed them that the whole world was neighbors; that they ought not to do to another what they would not have done to themselves; and that this charity extended even to enemies. See the beautiful parable of the Good Samaritan, the real neighbor to the distressed, Luke 10:29 .

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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Neighbor'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/n/neighbor.html. 1859.

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