Luke 10

Sending Out the Seventy

10After this, the Lord appointed 70 ^uothers, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go. ²He told them: ^v“The harvest ^wis abundant, but the workers ^xare few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. ^y3Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. ^z4Don’t carry a money-bag, ^atraveling bag, ^bor sandals; ^cdon’t greet anyone along the road. ⁵Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace ^dto this household.’ ⁶If a son of peace ^eis there, your peace ^fwill rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. ⁷Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. ^gDon’t be moving from house to house. ⁸When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you. ^h9Heal the sick ⁱwho are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God ^jhas come near ^kyou.’ ¹⁰When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ¹¹‘We are wiping off as a witness against you ^leven the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹²I tell you, on that day ^mit will be more tolerable for Sodom ⁿthan for that town. ^o

Unrepentant Towns

¹³“Woe ^pto you, ^qChorazin! ^rWoe to you, Bethsaida! ^sFor if the miracles ^tthat were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, ^uthey would have repented long ago, sitting in ^•sackcloth and ashes! ^v14But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment ^wthan for you. ¹⁵And you, Capernaum, ^xwill you be exalted to heaven? ^yNo, you will go down to ^•Hades! ^z16Whoever listens to you listens to Me. ^aWhoever rejects you rejects Me. ^bAnd whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.” ^c

The Return of the Seventy

¹⁷The Seventy ^dereturned with joy, saying, ^f“Lord, even the demons ^gsubmit to us in Your name.” ^h

¹⁸He said to them, “I watched Satan ⁱfall from heaven like a lightning flash. ^j19Look, I have given you the authority ^kto trample ^lon snakes ^mand scorpions ⁿand over all the power of the enemy; ^onothing will ever harm you. ^p20However, don’t rejoice that ^qthe spirits ^rsubmit to you, ^sbut rejoice that your names are written ^tin heaven.”

The Son Reveals the Father

²¹In that same hour ^uHe ^vrejoiced in the Holy ^wSpirit ^xand said, “I praise ^yYou, Father, ^zLord of heaven and earth, ^abecause You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned ^band have revealed them to infants. ^cYes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure. ^de22All things have ^fbeen entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires ^gto reveal Him.” ^h

²³Then turning to His disciples He said privately, “The eyes that see the things you see are blessed! ²⁴For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.” ⁱ

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

²⁵Just ^jthen an expert in the law ^kstood up to test ^lHim, saying, “Teacher, ^mwhat must I do to inherit eternal life?” ⁿ

²⁶“What is written in the law?” He asked him. “How do you read it?”

²⁷He answered:

Love the Lord your God ^owith all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; ^pand your neighbor as yourself. ^qr

²⁸“You’ve answered correctly,” He told him. “Do this and you will live.” ^s

²⁹But wanting to justify himself, ^the asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ^u

³⁰Jesus took up the question and said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. ³¹A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³But a ^•Samaritan ^von his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion. ^w34He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil ^xand wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵The next day ^yhe took out two ^•denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’

³⁶“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”

³⁷“The one who showed mercy ^zto him,” he said.

Then Jesus told him, “Go and do the same.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸While they were traveling, He entered a village, and a woman named Martha ^awelcomed Him into her home. ^b39She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s ^cfeet ^dand was listening to what He said. ^e40But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t You care ^fthat my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.” ^gh

⁴¹The Lord ⁱanswered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, ^j42but one thing is necessary. ^kMary has made the right choice, ^land it will not be taken away from her.”