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.

1 Post hc autem designavit Dominus et alios septuaginta duos : et misit illos binos ante faciem suam in omnem civitatem et locum, quo erat ipse venturus. 2 Et dicebat illis : Messis quidem multa, operarii autem pauci. Rogate ergo dominum messis ut mittat operarios in messem suam. 3 Ite : ecce ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos. 4 Nolite portare sacculum, neque peram, neque calceamenta, et neminem per viam salutaveritis. 5 In quamcumque domum intraveritis, primum dicite : Pax huic domui : 6 et si ibi fuerit filius pacis, requiescet super illum pax vestra : sin autem, ad vos revertetur. 7 In eadem autem domo manete, edentes et bibentes qu apud illos sunt : dignus est enim operarius mercede sua. Nolite transire de domo in domum. 8 Et in quamcumque civitatem intraveritis, et susceperint vos, manducate qu apponuntur vobis : 9 et curate infirmos, qui in illa sunt, et dicite illis : Appropinquavit in vos regnum Dei. 10 In quamcumque autem civitatem intraveritis, et non susceperint vos, exeuntes in plateas ejus, dicite : 11 Etiam pulverem, qui adhsit nobis de civitate vestra, extergimus in vos : tamen hoc scitote, quia appropinquavit regnum Dei. 12 Dico vobis, quia Sodomis in die illa remissius erit, quam illi civitati.13 V tibi Corozain ! v tibi Bethsaida ! quia si in Tyro et Sidone fact fuissent virtutes qu fact sunt in vobis, olim in cilicio et cinere sedentes pniterent. 14 Verumtamen Tyro et Sidoni remissius erit in judicio, quam vobis. 15 Et tu Capharnaum, usque ad clum exaltata, usque ad infernum demergeris. 16 Qui vos audit, me audit : et qui vos spernit, me spernit. Qui autem me spernit, spernit eum qui misit me.17 Reversi sunt autem septuaginta duo cum gaudio, dicentes : Domine, etiam dmonia subjiciuntur nobis in nomine tuo. 18 Et ait illis : Videbam Satanam sicut fulgor de clo cadentem. 19 Ecce dedi vobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes, et scorpiones, et super omnem virtutem inimici : et nihil vobis nocebit. 20 Verumtamen in hoc nolite gaudere quia spiritus vobis subjiciuntur : gaudete autem, quod nomina vestra scripta sunt in clis.21 In ipsa hora exsultavit Spiritu Sancto, et dixit : Confiteor tibi Pater, Domine cli et terr, quod abscondisti hc a sapientibus et prudentibus, et revelasti ea parvulis. Etiam Pater : quoniam sic placuit ante te. 22 Omnia mihi tradita sunt a Patre meo. Et nemo scit quis sit Filius, nisi Pater : et quis sit Pater, nisi Filius, et cui voluerit Filius revelare. 23 Et conversus ad discipulos suos, dixit : Beati oculi qui vident qu vos videtis. 24 Dico enim vobis quod multi prophet et reges voluerunt videre qu vos videtis, et non viderunt : et audire qu auditis, et non audierunt.25 Et ecce quidam legisperitus surrexit tentans illum, et dicens : Magister, quid faciendo vitam ternam possidebo ? 26 At ille dixit ad eum : In lege quid scriptum est ? quomodo legis ? 27 Ille respondens dixit : Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex omnibus virtutibus tuis, et ex omni mente tua : et proximum tuum sicut teipsum. 28 Dixitque illi : Recte respondisti : hoc fac, et vives.29 Ille autem volens justificare seipsum, dixit ad Jesum : Et quis est meus proximus ? 30 Suscipiens autem Jesus, dixit : Homo quidam descendebat ab Jerusalem in Jericho, et incidit in latrones, qui etiam despoliaverunt eum : et plagis impositis abierunt semivivo relicto. 31 Accidit autem ut sacerdos quidam descenderet eadem via : et viso illo prterivit. 32 Similiter et Levita, cum esset secus locum, et videret eum, pertransiit. 33 Samaritanus autem quidam iter faciens, venit secus eum : et videns eum, misericordia motus est. 34 Et appropians alligavit vulnera ejus, infundens oleum et vinum : et imponens illum in jumentum suum, duxit in stabulum, et curam ejus egit. 35 Et altera die protulit duos denarios, et dedit stabulario, et ait : Curam illius habe : et quodcumque supererogaveris, ego cum rediero reddam tibi. 36 Quis horum trium videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi, qui incidit in latrones ? 37 At ille dixit : Qui fecit misericordiam in illum. Et ait illi Jesus : Vade, et tu fac similiter.38 Factum est autem, dum irent, et ipse intravit in quoddam castellum : et mulier qudam, Martha nomine, excepit illum in domum suam, 39 et huic erat soror nomine Maria, qu etiam sedens secus pedes Domini, audiebat verbum illius. 40 Martha autem satagebat circa frequens ministerium : qu stetit, et ait : Domine, non est tibi cur quod soror mea reliquit me solam ministrare ? dic ergo illi ut me adjuvet. 41 Et respondens dixit illis Dominus : Martha, Martha, sollicita es, et turbaris erga plurima, 42 porro unum est necessarium. Maria optimam partem elegit, qu non auferetur ab ea.