Luke 10:13–37

¹³Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, 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! ¹⁴But it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon in the judgment than for you! ¹⁵And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No! You will be brought down to Hades! ¹⁶The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me. But the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

¹⁷And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” ¹⁸So he said to them, “I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹Behold, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will ever harm you. ²⁰Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are inscribed in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices and Prays

²¹At that same time he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to young children. Yes, Father, for this was pleasing before you. ²²All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wants to reveal him.”^*

²³And turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see! ²⁴For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them,^* and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”^*

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

²⁵And behold, a certain legal expert stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do so that I will inherit eternal life?” ²⁶And he said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”^{* 27}And he answered and^* said, “You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind,^f and your neighbor as yourself.”^{g 28}And he said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this and you will live.”

²⁹But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ³⁰And^h Jesus replied and^* said, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who both stripped him and beat him.^* After^* inflicting blows on him,^* they went away, leaving him^* half dead. ³¹Now by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he^* saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. ³²And in the same way also a Levite, when he^* came down to the placeⁱ and saw him,^* passed by on the opposite side. ³³But a certain Samaritan who was traveling came up to him and, when he^* saw him,^* had compassion. ³⁴And he came up and^* bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine, and he put him on his own animal and^* brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵And on the next day, he took out two denarii and^* gave them^*j to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him, and whatever you spend in addition, I will repay to you when I return. ³⁶Which of these three do you suppose became a neighbor of the man who fell among the robbers?” ³⁷So he said, “The one who showed mercy to him.” And Jesus said to him, “You go and do likewise.”