Luke 10:13–37

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.”