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,rnaÂm, 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 made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.
3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.
4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.
5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.
7 And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.
8 And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:
9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.
10 But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,
11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
12 I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
13 A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.
14 But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.
16 Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.
18 And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.
19 See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.
20 Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.
21 In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
23 And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:
24 For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?
27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.
31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.
32 And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side.
33 But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,
34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.
35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.
36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?
37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.
38 Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.
39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.
41 But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:
42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.