Luke 10

¹Luke 10:1. After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.²Luke 10:2. And 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.³Luke 10:3. Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.⁴Luke 10:4. Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.⁵Luke 10:5. Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’⁶Luke 10:6. If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.⁷Luke 10:7. Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.⁸Luke 10:8. If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.⁹Luke 10:9. Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’¹⁰Luke 10:10. But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,¹¹Luke 10:11. ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’¹²Luke 10:12. I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

¹³Luke 10:13. 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.¹⁴Luke 10:14. But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.¹⁵Luke 10:15. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!¹⁶Luke 10:16. Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

¹⁷Luke 10:17. The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”¹⁸Luke 10:18. So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.¹⁹Luke 10:19. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.²⁰Luke 10:20. Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

²¹Luke 10:21. At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “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 was well-pleasing in Your sight.²²Luke 10:22. All things have been entrusted 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.”²³Luke 10:23. Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.²⁴Luke 10:24. For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

²⁵Luke 10:25. One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”²⁶Luke 10:26. “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”²⁷Luke 10:27. 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.’”²⁸Luke 10:28. “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”²⁹Luke 10:29. But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”³⁰Luke 10:30. Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.³¹Luke 10:31. Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.³²Luke 10:32. So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.³³Luke 10:33. But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion.³⁴Luke 10:34. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.³⁵Luke 10:35. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’³⁶Luke 10:36. Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”³⁷Luke 10:37. “The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

³⁸Luke 10:38. As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.³⁹Luke 10:39. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.⁴⁰Luke 10:40. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”⁴¹Luke 10:41. “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.⁴²Luke 10:42. But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”