Editing Parable of the Good Samaritan (section)

==As a metaphor and name==
[[File:Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital - Portland, Oregon.JPG|thumb|The injunction to "go and do likewise" has led to the "Good Samaritan" name being applied to many hospitals, such as the [[Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center]] in [[Portland, Oregon]].]]

The term "good Samaritan" is used as a common metaphor: "The word now applies to any charitable person, especially one who, like the man in the parable, rescues or helps out a needy stranger."{{sfn|Lass|1988|p=}}

The name has consequently been used for a number of charitable organizations, including [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]], [[Samaritan's Purse]], [[Sisters of the Good Samaritan]], and [[The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong]]. The name [[Good Samaritan Hospital (disambiguation)|Good Samaritan Hospital]] is used for a number of hospitals around the world. [[Good Samaritan law]]s protect those who choose to serve and tend to others who are injured or ill.{{sfn|Lunney|Oliphant|2008|p=465}}