Luke 10
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Jesus Sends Out 72 of His Followers
1After this, the Lord chose 72#10:1 72 Some Greek copies say 70. Also in verse 17. more followers. He sent them out in groups of two. He sent them ahead of him into every town and place where he planned to go. 2He said to them, “There is such a big harvest of people to bring in. But there are only a few workers to help harvest them. God owns the harvest. Ask him to send more workers to help bring in his harvest.
3“You can go now. But listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. 4Don’t carry any money, a bag, or sandals. Don’t stop to talk with people on the road. 5Before you go into a house, say, ‘Peace be with this home.’ 6If the people living there love peace, your blessing of peace will stay with them. But if not, your blessing of peace will come back to you. 7Stay in the peace-loving house. Eat and drink what the people there give you. A worker should be given his pay. Don’t leave that house to stay in another house.
8“If you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat the food they give you. 9Heal the sick people who live there, and tell them, ‘God’s kingdom is now very near you#10:9 is now very near you Or “is coming to you soon” or “has come to you.”!’
10“But if you go into a town and the people don’t welcome you, then go out into the streets of that town and say, 11‘Even the dirt from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that God’s kingdom is coming soon.’ 12I tell you, on the judgment day it will be worse for the people of that town than for the people of Sodom.
Jesus Warns People Who Refuse to Believe
(Mt. 11:20–24)
13“It will be bad for you, Chorazin! It will be bad for you, Bethsaida! I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, then the people in those cities would have changed their lives and stopped sinning a long time ago. They would have worn sackcloth and sat in ashes to show that they were sorry for their sins. 14But on the judgment day it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon. 15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the place of death!
16“When anyone listens to you my followers, they are really listening to me. But when anyone refuses to accept you, they are really refusing to accept me. And when anyone refuses to accept me, they are refusing to accept the one who sent me.”
Satan Falls
17When the 72 followers came back from their trip, they were very happy. They said, “Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we used your name!”
18Jesus said to them, “I saw Satan falling like lightning from the sky. 19He is the enemy, but know that I have given you more power than he has. I have given you power to crush his snakes and scorpions under your feet. Nothing will hurt you. 20Yes, even the spirits obey you. And you can be happy, not because you have this power, but because your names are written in heaven.”
Jesus Prays to the Father
(Mt. 11:25–27; 13:16–17)
21Then the Holy Spirit made Jesus feel very happy. Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I am thankful that you have hidden these things from those who are so wise and so smart. But you have shown them to people who are like little children. Yes, Father, you did this because it’s what you really wanted to do.
22“My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is—only the Father knows. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people who will know about the Father are those the Son chooses to tell.”
23Then Jesus turned to his followers. They were there alone with him. He said, “It is a great blessing for you to see what you now see! 24I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see what you now see, but they could not. And they wanted to hear what you now hear, but they could not.”
A Story About the Good Samaritan
25Then an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?”
26Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?”
27The man answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’#Quote from Deut. 6:5. Also, ‘Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.’#Quote from Lev. 19:18.”
28Jesus said, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will have eternal life.”
29But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who is my neighbor?”
30To answer this question, Jesus said, “A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some robbers surrounded him, tore off his clothes, and beat him. Then they left him lying there on the ground almost dead.
31“It happened that a Jewish priest was going down that road. When he saw the man, he did not stop to help him. He walked away. 32Next, a Levite came near. He saw the hurt man, but he went around him. He would not stop to help him either. He just walked away.
33“Then a Samaritan man traveled down that road. He came to the place where the hurt man was lying. He saw the man and felt very sorry for him. 34The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine#10:34 olive oil and wine These were used like medicine to soften and clean wounds. on his wounds. Then he covered the man’s wounds with cloth. The Samaritan had a donkey. He put the hurt man on his donkey, and he took him to an inn. There he cared for him. 35The next day, the Samaritan took out two silver coins and gave them to the man who worked at the inn. He said, ‘Take care of this hurt man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.’”
36Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was really a neighbor to the man who was hurt by the robbers?”
37The teacher of the law answered, “The one who helped him.”
Jesus said, “Then you go and do the same.”
Mary and Martha
38While Jesus and his followers were traveling, he went into a town, and a woman named Martha let him stay at her house. 39She had a sister named Mary. Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet and listening to him teach. 40But her sister Martha was busy doing all the work that had to be done. Martha went in and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are getting worried and upset about too many things. 42Only one thing is important. Mary has made the right choice, and it will never be taken away from her.”
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Luke 10
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1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come. 2And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest. 3Go: behold I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4Carry neither purse nor scrip nor sandals, and salute no one on the way. 5And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house. 6And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but if not it shall turn to you again. 7And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house. 8And into whatsoever city ye may enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you, 9and heal the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come nigh to you. 10But into whatsoever city ye may have entered and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us on the feet, do we shake off against you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh. 12I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city. 13Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. 16He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.
17And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us through thy name. 18And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven. 19Behold, I give you the power of treading upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in anywise injure you. 20Yet in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens. 21In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. 22All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal him. 23And having turned to the disciples privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see. 24For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.
25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal? 26And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27But he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live. 29But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 30And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state. 31And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side; 32and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked at him and passed on on the opposite side. 33But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing him, was moved with compassion, 34and came up to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and having put him on his own beast, took him to the inn and took care of him. 35And on the morrow as he left, taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, I will render to thee on my coming back. 36Which now of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into the hands of the robbers? 37And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise.
38And it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house. 39And she had a sister called Mary, who also, having sat down at the feet of Jesus was listening to his word. 40Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me. 41But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things; 42but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her.
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