Luke Ten
After these things, Jesus selected
from his disciples seventy others, and
he sent them two by two before his face,
to every place and city to which he was to
go. And he said to them, The harvest is great,
and the laborers are few; ask therefore the
owner of the harvest, to bring out laborers to
his harvest. Go forth; behold, I send you as lambs
among wolves. Do not carry purses, nor bags, nor shoes;
and do not salute any man on the road. And to whatever house you enter, first say,
Peace be to this house. And if a man of peace is there, let your
peace rest upon him; and if not, your peace
will return to you. Remain in that house, eating and drinking
of what they have; for a laborer is worthy of
his wages. Do not keep moving from house
to house. And into whatever city you enter, and they
receive you, eat whatever they set before you; And heal those who are sick in it, and say
to them, The kingdom of God is come near to you. But into whatever city you enter, and they
do not receive you, go out into the street and
say, Even the sand of your city which cleaves
to our feet, we shake it off to you; but know
this that the kingdom of God has come near
to you. I say to you, that it will be much easier
for Sodom in that day than for that city. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you,
Bethsaida! If the mighty works which were
done in you, had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, perhaps they might have repented
with sackcloth and ashes. But, it will be easier for Tyre and Sidon
at the judgment day than for you. And you, Capernaum, which have exalted
yourself up to heaven, you will be
brought down to Sheol. He who hears you hears me; and he who
oppresses you oppresses me; and he who
oppresses me oppresses him who sent me.
¶ So the seventy whom he had sent returned
with great joy, and they said to him,
Our Lord, even the demons have submitted
to us in your name. He said to them, I saw Satan falling like
lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you power, to tread on
snakes and scorpions, and over all the power
of the enemy; and nothing shall harm you. But do not rejoice in this that the demons
submit to you; but rejoice because your
names are written in heaven.
¶ At that very hour, Jesus rejoiced in the
Holy Spirit and said, I thank you, O my Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because you
did hide these things from the wise and men
of understanding, and did reveal them to
children; yes, my Father, for so it was well
pleasing in your presence. And he turned to his disciples and said to
them, Everything has been entrusted to me
by my Father; and no man knows who is the
Son, except the Father; and who is the Father
except the Son, and to whomever the
Son wishes to reveal him.
Then he turned to his disciples alone and
said, Blessed are the eyes which see what
you see. For I say to you, that many prophets and
kings desired to see what you see, and did
not see it; and to hear what you hear, and did
not hear it.
¶ And behold, a scribe stood up to test
him, and he said, Teacher, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him, What is written in the
law? how do you read it? He answered and said to him, You must
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. Jesus said to him, You said the truth; do
this and you shall live. But as he wanted to justify himself, he
said to him, And who is my neighbor? Jesus said to him, There was a man who
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and
the bandits attacked him, and robbed him,
and beat him, and left him with little life remaining
in him, and they went away. And it chanced a priest was going down
that road; and he saw him and passed on. And likewise a Levite came and arrived
at that place, and saw him and passed on. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
where he was, and when he saw him, he had
compassion on him. And he came to him and bound up his
wounds, and poured on them wine and oil;
and he put him on his own ass, and brought
him to the inn, and took care of him. And in the morning, he took out two pennies
and gave them to the innkeeper, and said
to him, Take care of him; and whatever you
spend more, when I return, I will give it to
you. Who therefore of these three, appears to
you, became neighbor to him who fell into
the hands of the bandits? He said, The one who had compassion
on him. Jesus said to him, You go also, and
do the same.
¶ And it came to pass while they were
journeying, he entered into a village; and a
woman named Martha received him into her
house. And she had a sister whose name was
Mary, and she came and sat at the feet of our
Lord, and listened to his words. But Martha was busy with many household
cares, and she came and said to him,
My Lord, you do not seem to care that my
sister has left me to serve alone? tell her to
help me. Jesus answered and said to her, Martha,
Martha, you are worried and excited about
many things; But one thing is more necessary; and
Mary has chosen the good portion for herself,
which shall not be taken away from her.
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