Friendly Neighborhood Diagramming

First of two things: I diagrammed a sentence, Matthew 5.16 to be exact [: Wan'a see it?

I don't know that I put the word -that- in the right place, hence the floating question mark, but I figured the word -that- functioned the same as a conjunction (and, but, or). Although I guess technically -that- has an implied -so- so that is a conjunctive adverb... Right?




Second of two things: Who is my neighbor?

I am more familiar with the New Testament than with the Old Testament, I'm sure there are a bajillion reasons why that is, but for now, none of those will be expressly discussed. For now, I want to point something out.

Jeremiah 11.13,14 reads (originally formatted as poetry), "Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms bu injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages, (14) who says 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms.' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion. ..." (ESV)

Now, there are hundreds of other references I could pull out that contain the word 'neighbor' (and that's just in the ESV) but I'll just reference the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10.25-37; ESV) which follows the question and answer:

"What is the greatest commandment? What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" / "You shall love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself." / "And who is my neighbor?"

A man falls among robbers and is beaten to death. A priest, and a Levite walk by (men who are supposed to practice the greatest commandment), and a Samaritan (half blood/half caste) helps the man.

"Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among robbers?" / "The one who showed him mercy."

 Therefore, woe to him...who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing... Neighbors aren't just next door, across the street, or in the same town- the parable does not say that the priest, the Levite, and the victim, and the Samaritan (who probably lived in Samaria anyway, a place the priest and the Levite would've otherwise avoided) lived near each other when they weren't traveling. The parable purposefully chooses four men who are traveling, likely to come across anyone: friend or stranger.

"And Jesus said to him, 'You go, and do likewise."