Jesus Sends Out the
Seventy-Two
1 After this the Lord
appointed
seventy-two
others and
sent them
two by two
ahead of
him to
every town
and place
where he
was about
to go.
2 He
told them,
“The
harvest is
plentiful,
but the
workers
are few.
Ask the
Lord of
the
harvest,
therefore,
to send
out
workers
into his
harvest
field.
3 Go!
I am
sending
you out
like lambs
among
wolves.
4 Do not
take a
purse or
bag or
sandals;
and do not
greet
anyone on
the road.
5 “When you enter a house,
first say,
‘Peace to
this
house.’
6 If
someone
who
promotes
peace is
there,
your peace
will rest
on them;
if not, it
will
return to
you.
7 Stay
there,
eating and
drinking
whatever
they give
you, for
the worker
deserves
his wages.
Do not
move
around
from house
to house.
8 “When you enter a town
and are
welcomed,
eat what
is offered
to you.
9 Heal the
sick who
are there
and tell
them, ‘The
kingdom of
God has
come near
to you.’
10 But
when you
enter a
town and
are not
welcomed,
go into
its
streets
and say,
11 ‘Even
the dust
of your
town we
wipe from
our feet
as a
warning to
you. Yet
be sure of
this: The
kingdom of
God has
come
near.’
12 I
tell you,
it will be
more
bearable
on that
day for
Sodom than
for that
town.
13 “Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to
you,
Bethsaida!
For if the
miracles
that were
performed
in you had
been
performed
in Tyre
and Sidon,
they would
have
repented
long ago,
sitting in
sackcloth
and ashes.
14 But it
will be
more
bearable
for Tyre
and Sidon
at the
judgment
than for
you.
15 And
you,
Capernaum,
will you
be lifted
to the
heavens?
No, you
will go
down to
Hades.
16 “Whoever listens to you
listens to
me;
whoever
rejects
you
rejects
me; but
whoever
rejects me
rejects
him who
sent me.”
17 The seventy-two
returned
with joy
and said,
“Lord,
even the
demons
submit to
us in your
name.”
18 He replied, “I saw
Satan fall
like
lightning
from
heaven.
19 I have
given you
authority
to trample
on snakes
and
scorpions
and to
overcome
all the
power of
the enemy;
nothing
will harm
you.
20 However,
do not
rejoice
that the
spirits
submit to
you, but
rejoice
that your
names are
written in
heaven.”
21 At that time Jesus,
full of
joy
through
the Holy
Spirit,
said, “I
praise
you,
Father,
Lord of
heaven and
earth,
because
you have
hidden
these
things
from the
wise and
learned,
and
revealed
them to
little
children.
Yes,
Father,
for this
is what
you were
pleased to
do.
22 “All things have been
committed
to me by
my Father.
No one
knows who
the Son is
except the
Father,
and no one
knows who
the Father
is except
the Son
and those
to whom
the Son
chooses to
reveal
him.”
23 Then he turned to his
disciples
and said
privately,
“Blessed
are the
eyes that
see what
you see.
24 For I
tell you
that many
prophets
and kings
wanted to
see what
you see
but did
not see
it, and to
hear what
you hear
but did
not hear
it.”
The Parable of the
Good
Samaritan
25 On one occasion an
expert in
the law
stood up
to test
Jesus.
“Teacher,”
he asked,
“what must
I do to
inherit
eternal
life?”
26 “What is written in the
Law?” he
replied.
“How do
you read
it?”
27 He answered, “‘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, ‘Love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.’”
28 “You have answered
correctly,”
Jesus
replied.
“Do this
and you
will
live.”
29 But he wanted to
justify
himself,
so he
asked
Jesus,
“And who
is my
neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A
man was
going down
from
Jerusalem
to
Jericho,
when he
was
attacked
by
robbers.
They
stripped
him of his
clothes,
beat him
and went
away,
leaving
him half
dead.
31 A
priest
happened
to be
going down
the same
road, and
when he
saw the
man, he
passed by
on the
other
side.
32 So
too, a
Levite,
when he
came to
the place
and saw
him,
passed by
on the
other
side.
33 But
a
Samaritan,
as he
traveled,
came where
the man
was; and
when he
saw him,
he took
pity on
him.
34 He
went to
him and
bandaged
his
wounds,
pouring on
oil and
wine. Then
he put the
man on his
own
donkey,
brought
him to an
inn and
took care
of him.
35 The
next day
he took
out two
denarii
and gave
them to
the
innkeeper.
‘Look
after
him,’ he
said, ‘and
when I
return, I
will
reimburse
you for
any extra
expense
you may
have.’
36 “Which of these three
do you
think was
a neighbor
to the man
who fell
into the
hands of
robbers?”
37 The expert in the law
replied,
“The one
who had
mercy on
him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do
likewise.”
At the Home of
Martha and
Mary
38 As Jesus and his
disciples
were on
their way,
he came to
a village
where a
woman
named
Martha
opened her
home to
him.
39 She
had a
sister
called
Mary, who
sat at the
Lord’s
feet
listening
to what he
said.
40 But
Martha was
distracted
by all the
preparations
that had
to be
made. She
came to
him and
asked,
“Lord,
don’t you
care that
my sister
has left
me to do
the work
by myself?
Tell her
to help
me!”
42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”