Luke 9:51–19:48

A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus

⁵¹When the days drew near for ^jhim to be taken up, ^khe set his face ^lto go to Jerusalem. ⁵²And ^mhe sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of ⁿthe Samaritans, to make preparations for him. ⁵³But ^othe people did not receive him, because ^phis face was set toward Jerusalem. ⁵⁴And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell ^qfire to come down from heaven and consume them?”^{5 55}But he turned and rebuked them.^{6 56}And they went on to another village.

The Cost of Following Jesus

⁵⁷As they were going ^ralong the road, ^ssomeone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” ⁵⁹To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” ⁶⁰And Jesus⁷ said to him, “Leave ^tthe dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and ^uproclaim the kingdom of God.” ⁶¹Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, ^vbut let me first say farewell to those at my home.” ⁶²Jesus said to him, ^w“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

10After this the Lord appointed ^xseventy-two¹ others and ^ysent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. ^2zAnd he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^aTherefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. ³Go your way; ^bbehold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. ^4cCarry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ^dgreet no one on the road. ⁵Whatever house you enter, first say, ^e‘Peace be to this house!’ ⁶And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, ^fit will return to you. ⁷And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ^gthe laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. ⁸Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. ⁹Heal the sick in it and say to them, ^h‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ¹¹ⁱ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that ^jthe kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹²I tell you, ^kit will be more bearable on ^lthat day for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

^13m“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ⁿTyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ^14oBut it will be more bearable in the judgment for ⁿTyre and Sidon than for you. ¹⁵And you, Capernaum, ^pwill you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to ^qHades.

^16r“The one who hears you hears me, and ^sthe one who rejects you rejects me, and ^tthe one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

The Return of the Seventy-Two

^17uThe seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, ^veven the demons are subject to us in your name!” ¹⁸And he said to them, ^w“I saw Satan ^xfall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹Behold, I have given you authority ^yto tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^zthe enemy, and ^anothing shall hurt you. ^20bNevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^cyour names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices in the Father’s Will

^21dIn that same hour ^ehe rejoiced ^fin the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, ^gLord of heaven and earth, that ^hyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ⁱrevealed them to little children; yes, Father, for ^jsuch was your gracious will.^{2 22k}All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is ^kexcept the Father, or who the Father is ^kexcept the Son and anyone ^lto whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

²³Then turning to the disciples he said privately, ^m“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! ²⁴For I tell you ⁿthat many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

^25oAnd behold, a ^plawyer stood up to ^qput him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to ^rinherit eternal life?” ²⁶He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” ²⁷And he answered, ^s“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and ^tyour neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; ^udo this, and you will live.”

²⁹But he, ^vdesiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ³⁰Jesus replied, “A man ^wwas going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹Now by chance a ^xpriest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. ³²So likewise ^xa Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³But a ^ySamaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. ³⁴He went to him and ^zbound up his wounds, pouring on ^zoil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵And the next day he took out two ^adenarii³ and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ ³⁶Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” ³⁷He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸Now as they went on their way, Jesus⁴ entered a village. And a woman named ^bMartha ^cwelcomed him into her house. ³⁹And she had a sister called ^bMary, who ^dsat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. ⁴⁰But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” ⁴¹But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are ^eanxious and troubled about many things, ⁴²but one thing is necessary.⁵ Mary has chosen ^fthe good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”

The Lord’s Prayer

11Now Jesus¹ was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, ^gas John taught his disciples.” ²And he said to them, ^h“When you pray, say:

ⁱ“Father, ^jhallowed be ^kyour name.

^lYour kingdom come.

^3mGive us ⁿeach day our daily bread,²

⁴and ^oforgive us our sins,

for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

And ^plead us not into temptation.”

⁵And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, ⁶for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; ⁷and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? ⁸I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything ^qbecause he is his friend, yet because of his impudence³ he will rise and give him whatever he needs. ⁹And I tell you, ^rask, and ^sit will be given to you; ^tseek, and you will find; ^uknock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ¹¹What father among you, if his son asks for⁴ a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; ¹²or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? ¹³If you then, ^wwho are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father ^xgive the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Jesus and Beelzebul

^14yNow he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled. ¹⁵But some of them said, “He casts out demons ^zby Beelzebul, the prince of demons,” ¹⁶while others, ^ato test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven. ^17bBut he, ^cknowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. ¹⁸And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. ¹⁹And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, ^dby whom do ^eyour sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. ²⁰But if it is by ^fthe finger of God that I cast out demons, then ^gthe kingdom of God has come upon you. ²¹When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; ^22hbut when one stronger than he attacks him and ⁱovercomes him, he takes away his ^jarmor in which he trusted and ^kdivides his spoil. ^23lWhoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Return of an Unclean Spirit

^24m“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through ⁿwaterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ ²⁵And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. ²⁶Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And ^othe last state of that person is worse than the first.”

True Blessedness

²⁷As he said these things, ^pa woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, ^q“Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” ²⁸But he said, ^r“Blessed rather are those ^swho hear the word of God and ^tkeep it!”

The Sign of Jonah

^29uWhen the crowds were increasing, he began to say, ^v“This generation is an evil generation. ^wIt seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. ³⁰For as ^xJonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. ^…