Luke 10 (New American Standard)

The Seventy Sent Out

1 Now after this ¹the Lord appointed ^aseventy ²others, and sent them ³in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. 2 And He was saying to them, "⁴The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few ; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. 3 "Go ; ⁵behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 "⁶Carry no money belt, no ^bbag, no shoes ; and greet no one on the way. 5 "Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' 6 "If a ^cman of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7 "Stay in ^dthat house, eating and drinking ^ewhat they give you; for ⁷the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house. 8 "Whatever city you enter and they receive you, ⁸eat what is set before you; 9 and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, '⁹The 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 '¹⁰Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet ^fbe sure of this, that ¹¹the kingdom of God has come near.' 12 "I say to you, ¹²it will be more tolerable in that day for ¹³Sodom than for that city. 13 "¹⁴Woe to you, ¹⁵Chorazin ! Woe to you, ¹⁶Bethsaida ! For if the ^gmiracles had been performed in ¹⁷Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in ^h18sackcloth and ashes. 14 "But it will be more tolerable for ¹⁹Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15 "And you, ²⁰Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades ! 16 "²¹The one who listens to you listens to Me, and ²²the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me."

The Happy Results

17 The ⁱseventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even ²³the demons are subject to us in Your name." 18 And He said to them, "I was watching ²⁴Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 19 "Behold, I have given you authority to ²⁵tread 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 ²⁶your names are recorded in heaven." 21 ²⁷At that very ^jtime He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I ^kpraise 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 "²⁸All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and ²⁹no 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." 23 ³⁰Turning to the disciples, He said privately , "Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see, 24 for 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." 25 ³¹And a ^l32lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ?" 26 And He said to him, "What is written in the Law ? ^mHow does it read to you?" 27 And he answered, "³³YOU 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." 28 And He said to him, "You have answered correctly ; ³⁴DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE." 29 But wishing ³⁵to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor ?"

The Good Samaritan

30 Jesus replied and said, "A man was ³⁶going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and ⁿbeat 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 ³⁷Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, 34 and 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 ^odenarii 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?" 37 And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do ^pthe same."

Martha and Mary

38 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village ; and a woman named ³⁸Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39 She had a sister called ³⁹Mary, who was ⁴⁰seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. 40 But ⁴¹Martha was distracted with ^qall 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." 41 But the Lord answered and said to her, "⁴²Martha, Martha, you are ⁴³worried and bothered about so many things ; 42 ⁴⁴but only one thing is necessary, for ⁴⁵Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."