Luke 10–12

¹And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come, ²then said he unto them, ‘The harvest indeed is abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

³‘Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves; ⁴carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way; ⁵and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house; ⁶and if indeed there may be there the son of peace, rest on it shall your peace; and if not so, upon you it shall turn back.

⁷‘And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy is the workman of his hire; go not from house to house, ⁸and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you, ⁹and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

¹⁰‘And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say, ¹¹And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you; ¹²and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

¹³‘Woe to thee, Chorazin; woe to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed; ¹⁴but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵‘And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

¹⁶‘He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.’

¹⁷And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, ‘Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;’ ¹⁸and he said to them, ‘I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen; ¹⁹lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you; ²⁰but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.’ ²¹In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, ‘I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

²²‘All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.’ ²³And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, ‘Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive; ²⁴for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.’

²⁵And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, ‘Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?’ ²⁶And he said unto him, ‘In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?’ ²⁷And he answering said, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.’ ²⁸And he said to him, ‘Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.’ ²⁹And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ ³⁰and Jesus having taken up the word, said, ‘A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead.

³¹‘And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; ³²and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.

³³‘But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion, ³⁴and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him; ³⁵and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee.

³⁶‘Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?’ ³⁷and he said, ‘He who did the kindness with him,’ then Jesus said to him, ‘Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.’

³⁸And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house, ³⁹and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word, ⁴⁰and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, ‘Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.’ ⁴¹And Jesus answering said to her, ‘Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things, ⁴²but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.’

Chapter 11

¹And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, ‘Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.’ ²And he said to them, ‘When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth; ³our appointed bread be giving us daily; ⁴and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.’ ⁵And he said unto them, ‘Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, ⁶seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him, ⁷and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

⁸‘I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need; ⁹and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; ¹⁰for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

¹¹‘And of which of you—the father—if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him? ¹²and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion? ¹³If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!’

¹⁴And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered, ¹⁵and certain of them said, ‘By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;’ ¹⁶and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking. ¹⁷And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, ‘Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall; ¹⁸and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.

¹⁹‘But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons—your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be; ²⁰but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

²¹‘When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods; ²²but when the stronger than he, having come upon him, may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth; ²³he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

²⁴‘When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; ²⁵and having come, it findeth it swept and adorned; ²⁶then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.’

²⁷And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, ‘Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!’ ²⁸And he said, ‘Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping it!’

²⁹And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, ‘This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet, ³⁰for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

³¹‘A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!

³²‘Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

³³‘And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put it in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming…