1 En n hierdie dinge het die Here weer sewentig ander aangestel, en hulle twee-twee voor Hom uit gestuur na elke stad en plek waar Hy sou kom.

2 Hy sê toe vir hulle: Die oes is wel groot, maar die arbeiders min. Bid dan die Here van die oes dat Hy arbeiders in sy oes uitstuur.

3 Gaan dan; kyk, Ek stuur julle soos lammers onder wolwe.

4 Moenie 'n beurs of 'n reissak of skoene dra nie, en groet niemand op die pad nie.

5 En in watter huis julle ook al mag ingaan, sê eers: Vrede vir hierdie huis!

6 En as d r 'n man van vrede is, sal julle vrede op hom rus; anders sal dit tot julle terugkeer.

7 Bly dan in daardie selfde huis en eet en drink wat hulle het, want die arbeider is sy loon werd. Moenie van huis tot huis gaan nie.

8 En in watter stad julle ook al mag ingaan en hulle jul ontvang, eet wat aan julle voorgesit word.

9 En maak die siekes gesond wat daarin is, en sê vir hulle: Die koninkryk van God het naby julle gekom.

10 Maar in watter stad julle ook al mag ingaan en hulle jul nie ontvang nie, gaan uit op sy strate en sê:

11 Selfs die stof wat uit julle stad aan ons kleef, vee ons vir julle af; maar tog moet julle dit weet dat die koninkryk van God naby julle gekom het.

12 En Ek sê vir julle: Vir Sodom sal dit verdraagliker wees in die dag as vir daardie stad.

13 Wee jou, Gorasin, wee jou, Bets ida! want as in Tirus en Sidon die kragtige dade plaasgevind het wat in julle plaasgevind het, sou hulle lankal in sak en as gesit en hulle bekeer het.

14 Maar vir Tirus en Sidon sal dit in die oordeel verdraagliker wees as vir julle.

15 En jy, Kap,rnam, wat tot die hemel toe verhoog is, jy sal tot die doderyk toe neergestoot word.

16 Wie na julle luister, luister na My; en wie julle verwerp, verwerp My; en wie My verwerp, verwerp Hom wat My gestuur het.

17 En die sewentig het met blydskap teruggekom en gesê: Here, ook die duiwels onderwerp hulle aan ons in u Naam.

18 Toe sê Hy vir hulle: Ek het die Satan soos 'n bliksem uit die hemel sien val.

19 Kyk, Ek gee aan julle die mag om op slange en skerpioene te trap, en oor al die krag van die vyand; en niks sal julle ooit skade doen nie.

20 Maar julle moenie daaroor bly wees dat die geeste aan julle onderworpe is nie, maar wees liewer bly dat julle name in die hemele opgeskrywe is.

21 In dieselfde uur het Jesus Hom in die gees verheug en gesê: Ek loof U, Vader, Here van die hemel en die aarde, dat U hierdie dinge verberg het vir wyse en verstandige mense en dit aan kindertjies geopenbaar het. Ja, Vader, want so was dit u welbehae.

22 Alles is aan My oorgegee deur my Vader; en niemand weet wie die Seun is nie, behalwe die Vader, en wie die Vader is nie, behalwe die Seun en hy aan wie die Seun dit wil openbaar.

23 En Hy het Hom omgedraai na sy dissipels en afsonderlik aan hulle gesê: Salig is die oë wat sien wat julle sien;

24 want Ek sê vir julle, baie profete en konings het gewens om te sien wat julle sien, en het dit nie gesien nie, en om te hoor wat julle hoor, en het dit nie gehoor nie.

25 En daar het 'n sekere wetgeleerde opgestaan wat Hom versoek het deur te sê: Meester, wat moet ek doen om die ewige lewe te beërwe?

26 En Hy antwoord hom: Wat is in die wet geskrywe? Hoe lees jy?

27 En hy antwoord en sê: Jy moet die Here jou God liefhê uit jou hele hart en uit jou hele siel en uit jou hele krag en uit jou hele verstand; en jou naaste soos jouself.

28 Toe sê Hy vir hom: Jy het reg geantwoord; doen dit, en jy sal lewe.

29 Maar hy wou homself regverdig, en sê vir Jesus: En wie is my naaste?

30 En Jesus antwoord en sê: 'n Sekere man het afgegaan van Jerusalem na J,rigo en onder rowers verval, en nadat hulle hom uitgetrek en geslaan het, gaan hulle weg en laat hom half dood lê.

31 En bygeval het 'n priester met daardie pad afgekom, en toe hy hom sien, gaan hy anderkant verby.

32 En net so het ook 'n Leviet by die plek gekom en hom gesien en anderkant verbygegaan.

33 Maar 'n sekere Samaritaan wat op reis was, het op hom afgekom; en toe hy hom sien, het hy innig jammer gevoel,

34 en na hom gegaan, sy wonde verbind en olie en wyn daarop gegooi. Hy het hom toe op sy eie pakdier gehelp en hom na 'n herberg geneem en vir hom gesorg.

35 En toe hy die volgende môre weggaan, haal hy twee pennings uit en gee dit aan die eienaar van die herberg en sê vir hom: Sorg vir hom, en enige onkoste wat jy nog meer mag hê, sal ek jou betaal as ek terugkom.

36 Wie dan van hierdie drie, dink jy, was die naaste van hom wat onder die rowers verval het?

37 En hy antwoord: Hy wat barmhartigheid aan hom bewys het. Toe sê Jesus vir hom: Gaan en doen jy net so.

38 En op hulle reis het Hy in 'n sekere dorp gekom, en 'n vrou met die naam van Martha het Hom in haar huis ontvang.

39 En sy het 'n suster gehad met die naam van Maria; die het aan die voete van Jesus gesit en na sy woord geluister.

40 Maar Martha was baie besig om alles klaar te maak. Sy kom toe daar staan en sê: Here, gee U nie om dat my suster my alleen laat bedien nie? Sê dan vir haar dat sy my moet help.

41 Maar Jesus antwoord en sê vir haar: Martha, Martha, jy is besorg en verontrus oor baie dinge;

42 maar een ding is nodig; en Maria het die goeie deel uitgekies wat van haar nie weggeneem sal word nie.

1 Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come. 2 And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and salute no man on the way. 5 And into whatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, Peace be to this house. 6 And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again. 7 And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: 9 and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 10 But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say, 11 Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh. 12 I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. 13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades. 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.

17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you. 20 Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him. 23 And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 24 for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26 And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? 30 Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 34 and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And on the morrow he took out two shillings, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee. 36 Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers? 37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

38 Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 41 But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things: 42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.