Luke 10:13–37

The Unbelieving Towns

^13*“How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would long ago have sat down, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins! ¹⁴God will show more mercy on Judgement Day to Tyre and Sidon than to you. ^15*And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell!”

^16*Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

The Return of the Seventy-two

¹⁷The 72^m men came back in great joy. “Lord,” they said, “even the demons obeyed us when we gave them a command in your name!”

¹⁸Jesus answered them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. ^19*Listen! I have given you authority, so that you can walk on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the power of the Enemy, and nothing will hurt you. ²⁰But don’t be glad because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices

²¹At that time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spiritⁿ and said, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned. Yes, Father, this was how you wanted it to happen.

^22*“My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

²³Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said to them privately, “How fortunate you are to see the things you see! ²⁴I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not.”

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

^25*A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”

^26*Jesus answered him, “What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?”

^27*The man answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind’; and ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself.’ ”

^28*“You are right,” Jesus replied; “do this and you will live.”

²⁹But the teacher of the Law wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbour?”

³⁰Jesus answered, “There was once a man who was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when robbers attacked him, stripped him, and beat him up, leaving him half dead. ³¹It so happened that a priest was going down that road; but when he saw the man, he walked on by, on the other side. ³²In the same way a Levite also came along, went over and looked at the man, and then walked on by, on the other side. ^33*But a Samaritan who was travelling that way came upon the man, and when he saw him, his heart was filled with pity. ^34*He went over to him, poured oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them; then he put the man on his own animal and took him to an inn, where he took care of him. ³⁵The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he told the innkeeper, ‘and when I come back this way, I will pay you whatever else you spend on him.’ ”

³⁶And Jesus concluded, “In your opinion, which one of these three acted like a neighbour towards the man attacked by the robbers?”

³⁷The teacher of the Law answered, “The one who was kind to him.”

Jesus replied, “You go, then, and do the same.”