Luke 10:12-20

12 I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to Sodom than to that town! 1
13 "How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago sat down, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins! 2
14 God will show more mercy on the Judgment Day to Tyre and Sidon than to you.
15 And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell!" 3
16 Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." 4
17 The seventy-two men came back in great joy. "Lord," they said, "even the demons obeyed us when we gave them a command in your name!"
18 Jesus answered them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19 Listen! I have given you authority, so that you can walk on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the power of the Enemy, and nothing will hurt you. 5
20 But don't be glad because the evil spirits obey you; rather be glad because your names are written in heaven."

Cross References 5

  • 1. 10.12 aGenesis 19.24-28;Matthew 11.24; bMatthew 10.15.
  • 2. 10.13Isaiah 23.1-18;Ezekiel 26.1--28.26;Joel 3.4-8;Amos 1.9, 10;Zechariah 9.2-4.
  • 3. 10.15Isaiah 14.13-15.
  • 4. 10.16Matthew 10.40;Mark 9.37;Luke 9.48;John 13.20.
  • 5. 10.19Psalms 91.13.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. seventy-two; [some manuscripts have] seventy [(see verse 1).]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.