Luke 9:51–19:48

⁵¹When the days were approaching for ^aHis ¹ascension, He ²was determined ^bto go to Jerusalem;

⁵²and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the ^aSamaritans to ¹make arrangements for Him.

⁵³But they did not receive Him, ^abecause ¹He was traveling toward Jerusalem.

⁵⁴When His disciples ^aJames and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to ^bcommand fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

⁵⁵But He turned and rebuked them, ¹and said, “You do not know what kind of spirit you are of;

⁵⁶for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” And they went on to another village.

Exacting Discipleship

^57aAs they were going along the road, ^bsomeone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the ¹air have ²nests, but ^athe Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

⁵⁹And He said to another, “^aFollow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and ^aproclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”

⁶¹Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but ^afirst permit me to say good-bye to those at home.”

⁶²But Jesus said to him, “^aNo one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Chapter 10

The Seventy Sent Out

¹Now after this ^athe Lord appointed ¹seventy ^bothers, and sent them ^cin pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.

²And He was saying to them, “^aThe harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

³“Go; ^abehold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

⁴“^aCarry no money belt, no ¹bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.

⁵“Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

⁶“If a ¹man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

⁷“Stay in ¹that house, eating and drinking ²what they give you; for ^athe laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.

⁸“Whatever city you enter and they receive you, ^aeat what is set before you;

⁹and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘^aThe kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹⁰“But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

¹¹‘^aEven the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet ¹be sure of this, that ^bthe kingdom of God has come near.’

¹²“I say to you, ^ait will be more tolerable in that day for ^bSodom than for that city.

¹³“^aWoe to you, ^bChorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the ¹miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in ^2csackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴“But it will be more tolerable for ^aTyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵“And you, ^aCapernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!

¹⁶“^aThe one who listens to you listens to Me, and ^bthe one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The Happy Results

¹⁷The ¹seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even ^athe demons are subject to us in Your name.”

¹⁸And He said to them, “I was watching ^aSatan fall from heaven like lightning.

¹⁹“Behold, I have given you authority to ^atread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

²⁰“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^ayour names are recorded in heaven.”

^21aAt that very ¹time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I ²praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

²²“^aAll things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and ^bno one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

^23aTurning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,

²⁴for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished 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.”

^25aAnd a ^1blawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? ¹How does it read to you?”

²⁷And he answered, “^aYou 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 your neighbor as yourself.”

²⁸And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; ^ado this and you will live.”

²⁹But wishing ^ato justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

The Good Samaritan

³⁰Jesus replied and said, “A man was ^agoing down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and ¹beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

³¹“And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

³²“Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

³³“But a ^aSamaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,

³⁴and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

³⁵“On the next day he took out two ¹denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’

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

³⁷And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do ¹the same.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named ^aMartha welcomed Him into her home.

³⁹She had a sister called ^aMary, who was ^bseated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.

⁴⁰But ^aMartha was distracted with ¹all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.”

⁴¹But the Lord answered and said to her, “^aMartha, Martha, you are ^bworried and bothered about so many things;

^42abut only one thing is necessary, for ^bMary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Chapter 11

Instruction about Prayer

¹It happened that while ¹Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

²And He said to them, “^aWhen you pray, say:

‘¹Father, hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come.

³‘Give us ^aeach day our ¹daily bread.

⁴‘And forgive us our sins,

For we ourselves also forgive everyone who ^ais indebted to us.

And lead us not into temptation.’ ”

⁵Then He said to them, “¹Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

⁶for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

⁷and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children ¹and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’

⁸“I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet ^abecause of his ¹persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

⁹“So I say to you, ^1aask, and it will be given to you; ²seek, and you will find; ³knock, and it will be opened to you.

¹⁰“For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

¹¹“Now ¹suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a ²fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

¹²“Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?

¹³“^aIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your ¹heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

Pharisees’ Blasphemy

^14aAnd He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed.

¹⁵But some of them said, “He casts out demons ^aby ^bBeelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”

¹⁶Others, ¹to test Him, ^awere demanding of Him a ²sign from heaven.

^17aBut He knew their thoughts and said to them, “¹Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against ²itself falls.

¹⁸“If ^aSatan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by ^bBeelzebul.

¹⁹“And if I by ^aBeelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.

²⁰“But if I cast out demons by the ^afinger of God, then ^bthe kingdom of God has come upon you.

²¹“When ¹a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are ²undisturbed.

²²“But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder.

²³“^aHe who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.

²⁴“^aWhen the unclean spirit goes out of ¹a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

²⁵“And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.

²⁶“Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

²⁷While ¹Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “^aBlessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”

²⁸But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^athose who hear the word of God and observe it.”

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