Luke 10
1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy other disciples, and sent them in pairs to every town and place that he planned to visit.
After this, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead, two by two, to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
2 “The harvest is large, but the number of workers is small,” he told them. “Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send workers to his harvest fields.
He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
3 So get on your way: I'm sending you like sheep among wolves.
Now go on your way. Behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves.
4 Don't take any money or a bag or extra sandals, and don't spend time chatting with people you meet.
Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, and no sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
5 Whatever house you enter, first of all say, ‘May this house have peace.’
Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘May peace be upon this house!’
6 If there's a peaceful person living there, then your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.
If there is a son of peace there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for a worker deserves to be paid. Don't go from house to house.
Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
8 If you enter a town and the people there welcome you, then eat what's set before you
Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.
9 and heal those who are sick. Tell them, ‘God's kingdom has come to you.’
Heal the sick in that city and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.’
10 But if you enter a town and the people there don't welcome you, go through their streets telling them,
But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
11 ‘We are wiping off even the dust from your town that clings to our feet to show you our disapproval. But you should recognize this: God's kingdom has come.’
‘Even the dust that clings to us from your town we wipe off against you. Yet know this: The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.’
12 I tell you, in the Day of Judgment it will be better for Sodom than for such a town.
I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.
13 Shame on you Korazin! Shame on you Bethsaida! For if the miracles you saw happen had happened in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented a long time ago, and they would be sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
“Woe to yoʋ, Chorazin! Woe to yoʋ, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 That's why in the judgment it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
But it will be more tolerable at the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
And yoʋ, Capernaum, who have been exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. (Hadēs g86)
16 Anyone who hears you hears me, and anyone who rejects you rejects me. But anyone who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
“He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
17 The seventy disciples returned in great excitement, saying, “Lord, even the demons do what we tell them in your name!”
When the seventy returned, they were joyful and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in yoʋr name.”
18 Jesus replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.
19 Yes, I have given you power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to overcome all the enemy's strength, and nothing will harm you.
Behold, I am giving you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and to overcome all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all will harm you.
20 But don't take delight that the spirits do what you tell them—just be glad that your names are written in heaven.”
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
21 At that moment Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you hid these things from the wise and clever people and revealed them to children! Yes, Father, you were pleased to do it in this way.
At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I praise yoʋ, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because yoʋ have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in yoʋr sight.”
22 My Father has handed over everything to me. No one understands the Son except the Father, and no one understands the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Then he turned to the disciples and said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
23 When they were by themselves Jesus turned to the disciples and told them, “Those who see what you're seeing should be really happy!
Then he turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
24 I tell you, many prophets and kings have wanted to see what you're seeing, but they didn't see, and wanted to hear the things you're hearing, but didn't hear.”
For I tell you that many prophets and kings wished to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them.”
25 Once an expert in religious law stood up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “What do I have to do to gain eternal life?” (aiōnios g166)
And behold, a lawyer stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (aiōnios g166)
26 “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” asked Jesus.
Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do yoʋ read it?”
27 “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and your whole spirit, and your whole strength, and your whole mind; and love your neighbor as yourself,” the man replied.
He answered, “Yoʋ shall love the Lord yoʋr God with all yoʋr heart, with all yoʋr soul, with all yoʋr strength, and with all yoʋr mind; and yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.”
28 “You're right,” Jesus told him. “Do this, and you will live.”
Jesus said to him, “Yoʋ have answered correctly; do this and yoʋ will live.”
29 But the man wanted to vindicate himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Jesus replied, saying, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. He was attacked by robbers who stripped him and beat him, and left him for dead.
Jesus replied, “A man was going down to Jericho from Jerusalem and fell among robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him as he was, half dead.
31 It so happened that a priest was going the same way. He saw the man, but he passed by on the other side of the road.
Now a priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32 Then a Levite came along. But when he got to the place and saw the man, he also passed by on the other side.
In the same way, a Levite, when he came to that place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 Finally a Samaritan man came along. As he passed by, he saw the man and felt sorry for him.
But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came to where the man was, and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.
34 He went over and treated the man's wounds with oil and wine, and bandaged them. Then he placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he took care of him.
He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 The next day he gave two denarii to the innkeeper and told him, ‘Take care of him, and if you spend more than this, I'll pay you back when I return.’
On the next day, when he was departing, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more yoʋ spend I will repay to yoʋ when I return.’
36 Which one of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by robbers?”
Now which of these three do yoʋ think was a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?”
37 “The one who showed him kindness,” the man replied. “Go and do the same,” Jesus told him.
The lawyer said, “The one who showed him mercy.” So Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
38 While they were on their way, Jesus arrived at a village, and a woman called Martha invited him to her home.
As Jesus and his disciples went along, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.
39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at Jesus' feet and listened to what he was saying.
40 Martha was concerned about all that needed to be done to prepare the meal, so she came to Jesus and said, “Master, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!”
But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that had to be made. So she came up to Jesus and said, “Lord, do yoʋ not care that my sister has left me to make all the preparations alone? Tell her then to assist me.”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you're worried and upset about all this.
But Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, yoʋ are anxious and troubled about many things,
42 But only one thing is really necessary. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it shall not be taken away from her.”
but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
