The Message Bible MSG
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 Later the Master selected seventy and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he intended to go.
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post haec autem designavit Dominus et alios septuaginta duos et misit illos binos ante faciem suam in omnem civitatem et locum quo erat ipse venturus
2 He gave them this charge: "What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands.
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et dicebat illis messis quidem multa operarii autem pauci rogate ergo Dominum messis ut mittat operarios in messem
3 "On your way! But be careful - this is hazardous work. You're like lambs in a wolf pack.
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ite ecce ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos
4 "Travel light. Comb and toothbrush and no extra luggage. "Don't loiter and make small talk with everyone you meet along the way.
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nolite portare sacculum neque peram neque calciamenta et neminem per viam salutaveritis
5 "When you enter a home, greet the family, 'Peace.'
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in quamcumque domum intraveritis primum dicite pax huic domui
6 If your greeting is received, then it's a good place to stay. But if it's not received, take it back and get out. Don't impose yourself.
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et si ibi fuerit filius pacis requiescet super illam pax vestra sin autem ad vos revertetur
7 "Stay at one home, taking your meals there, for a worker deserves three square meals. Don't move from house to house, looking for the best cook in town.
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in eadem autem domo manete edentes et bibentes quae apud illos sunt dignus enim est operarius mercede sua nolite transire de domo in domum
8 "When you enter a town and are received, eat what they set before you,
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et in quamcumque civitatem intraveritis et susceperint vos manducate quae adponuntur vobis
9 heal anyone who is sick, and tell them, 'God's kingdom is right on your doorstep!'
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et curate infirmos qui in illa sunt et dicite illis adpropinquavit in vos regnum Dei
10 "When you enter a town and are not received, go out in the street and say,
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in quamcumque civitatem intraveritis et non receperint vos exeuntes in plateas eius dicite
11 'The only thing we got from you is the dirt on our feet, and we're giving it back. Did you have any idea that God's kingdom was right on your doorstep?'
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etiam pulverem qui adhesit nobis de civitate vestra extergimus in vos tamen hoc scitote quia adpropinquavit regnum Dei
12 Sodom will have it better on Judgment Day than the town that rejects you.
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dico vobis quia Sodomis in die illa remissius erit quam illi civitati
13 "Doom, Chorazin! Doom, Bethsaida! If Tyre and Sidon had been given half the chances given you, they'd have been on their knees long ago, repenting and crying for mercy.
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vae tibi Corazain vae tibi Bethsaida quia si in Tyro et Sidone factae fuissent virtutes quae in vobis factae sunt olim in cilicio et cinere sedentes paeniterent
14 Tyre and Sidon will have it easy on Judgment Day compared to you.
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verumtamen Tyro et Sidoni remissius erit in iudicio quam vobis
15 "And you, Capernaum! Do you think you're about to be promoted to heaven? Think again. You're on a mud slide to hell.
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et tu Capharnaum usque in caelum exaltata usque ad infernum demergeris
16 "The one who listens to you, listens to me. The one who rejects you, rejects me. And rejecting me is the same as rejecting God, who sent me."
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qui vos audit me audit et qui vos spernit me spernit qui autem me spernit spernit eum qui me misit
17 The seventy came back triumphant. "Master, even the demons danced to your tune!"
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reversi sunt autem septuaginta duo cum gaudio dicentes Domine etiam daemonia subiciuntur nobis in nomine tuo
18 Jesus said, "I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky.
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et ait illis videbam Satanan sicut fulgur de caelo cadentem
19 See what I've given you? Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions, and protection from every assault of the Enemy. No one can put a hand on you.
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ecce dedi vobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes et scorpiones et supra omnem virtutem inimici et nihil vobis nocebit
20 All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God's authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you - that's the agenda for rejoicing."
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verumtamen in hoc nolite gaudere quia spiritus vobis subiciuntur gaudete autem quod nomina vestra scripta sunt in caelis
21 At that, Jesus rejoiced, exuberant in the Holy Spirit. "I thank you, Father, Master of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the know-it-alls and showed them to these innocent newcomers. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.
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in ipsa hora exultavit Spiritu Sancto et dixit confiteor tibi Pater Domine caeli et terrae quod abscondisti haec a sapientibus et prudentibus et revelasti ea parvulis etiam Pater quia sic placuit ante te
22 "I've been given it all by my Father! Only the Father knows who the Son is and only the Son knows who the Father is. The Son can introduce the Father to anyone he wants to."
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omnia mihi tradita sunt a Patre meo et nemo scit qui sit Filius nisi Pater et qui sit Pater nisi Filius et cui voluerit Filius revelare
23 He then turned in a private aside to his disciples. "Fortunate the eyes that see what you're seeing!
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et conversus ad discipulos suos dixit beati oculi qui vident quae videtis
24 There are plenty of prophets and kings who would have given their right arm to see what you are seeing but never got so much as a glimpse, to hear what you are hearing but never got so much as a whisper." Defining "Neighbor"
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dico enim vobis quod multi prophetae et reges voluerunt videre quae vos videtis et non viderunt et audire quae auditis et non audierunt
25 Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. "Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?"
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et ecce quidam legis peritus surrexit temptans illum et dicens magister quid faciendo vitam aeternam possidebo
26 He answered, "What's written in God's Law? How do you interpret it?"
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at ille dixit ad eum in lege quid scriptum est quomodo legis
27 He said, "That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence - and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself."
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ille respondens dixit diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo et ex tota anima tua et ex omnibus viribus tuis et ex omni mente tua et proximum tuum sicut te ipsum
28 "Good answer!" said Jesus. "Do it and you'll live."
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dixitque illi recte respondisti hoc fac et vives
29 Looking for a loophole, he asked, "And just how would you define 'neighbor'?"
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ille autem volens iustificare se ipsum dixit ad Iesum et quis est meus proximus
30 Jesus answered by telling a story. "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead.
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suscipiens autem Iesus dixit homo quidam descendebat ab Hierusalem in Hiericho et incidit in latrones qui etiam despoliaverunt eum et plagis inpositis abierunt semivivo relicto
31 Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side.
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accidit autem ut sacerdos quidam descenderet eadem via et viso illo praeterivit
32 Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.
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similiter et Levita cum esset secus locum et videret eum pertransiit
33 "A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man's condition, his heart went out to him.
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Samaritanus autem quidam iter faciens venit secus eum et videns eum misericordia motus est
34 He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable.
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et adpropians alligavit vulnera eius infundens oleum et vinum et inponens illum in iumentum suum duxit in stabulum et curam eius egit
35 In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill - I'll pay you on my way back.'
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et altera die protulit duos denarios et dedit stabulario et ait curam illius habe et quodcumque supererogaveris ego cum rediero reddam tibi
36 "What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?"
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quis horum trium videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi qui incidit in latrones
37 "The one who treated him kindly," the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, "Go and do the same."
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at ille dixit qui fecit misericordiam in illum et ait illi Iesus vade et tu fac similiter
38 As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village. A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home.
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factum est autem dum irent et ipse intravit in quoddam castellum et mulier quaedam Martha nomine excepit illum in domum suam
39 She had a sister, Mary, who sat before the Master, hanging on every word he said.
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et huic erat soror nomine Maria quae etiam sedens secus pedes Domini audiebat verbum illius
40 But Martha was pulled away by all she had to do in the kitchen. Later, she stepped in, interrupting them. "Master, don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen to me? Tell her to lend me a hand."
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Martha autem satagebat circa frequens ministerium quae stetit et ait Domine non est tibi curae quod soror mea reliquit me solam ministrare dic ergo illi ut me adiuvet
41 The Master said, "Martha, dear Martha, you're fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing.
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et respondens dixit illi Dominus Martha Martha sollicita es et turbaris erga plurima
42 One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it - it's the main course, and won't be taken from her."
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porro unum est necessarium Maria optimam partem elegit quae non auferetur ab ea
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