Lucas 10

Sending Out the Seventy-Two

1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two  * 10:1 Other mss read seventy others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He told them,  * 10:2 Mt 9:37–38; Jn 4:35"The harvest* 10:2 Rv 14:15is abundant, but the workers* 10:2 Mt 20:1are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.* 10:2 2Th 3:13 Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves.* 10:3 Mt 7:15; 10:16; Jn 10:12; Ac 20:294 Don’t carry a money-bag,* 10:4 Lk 12:33; 22:35–36traveling bag,* 10:4 Mk 6:8; Lk 9:3; 22:35–36or sandals;* 10:4 Mt 10:9–10don’t greet anyone along the road.5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace* 10:5 Mt 11:26; Lk 10:21; 12:51to this household.’ 6 If a person of peace is there, your peace* 10:6 Lk 7:50; 8:48; 24:36; Jn 20:19; Ac 15:33; 1Co 16:11; Jms 2:16will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages.* 10:7 Mt 10:10; 1Tm 5:18; 2Pt 2:13Don’t move from house to house.8 When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.* 10:8 1Co 10:279 Heal the sick* 10:9 Mt 10:8; 1Th 5:14who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God* 10:9 Mt 12:28; Lk 11:20; 17:20has come near* 10:9 Mt 10:7; Mk 1:15; 1Pt 4:7you.’ 10 When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say,11 ‘We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you.* 10:11 Mt 10:14; Mk 6:11; Lk 9:5; Ac 13:51; 18:6Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, on that day* 10:12 Mt 7:22; 13:1; Lk 17:31; 2Pt 3:10it will be more tolerable for Sodom* 10:12 Rv 11:8than for that town.* 10:12 Mt 10:15; 11:22,24; Lk 10:14

Unrepentant Towns

13 "Woe* 10:13–15 Mt 11:20–24to you,* 10:13 Ezk 16:23; Mt 23:13–16; Lk 6:24; Rv 9:12Chorazin!* 10:13 Mt 11:21Woe to you, Bethsaida!* 10:13 Jn 12:21For if the miracles* 10:13 Ex 3:20; Lk 19:37; Ac 2:22that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,* 10:13 Ezr 3:7; Jr 25:22; 47:4; Jl 3:4; Lk 6:17they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.* 10:13 Est 4:1,3; Dn 9:3; Jnh 3:614 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment* 10:14 Ps 1:5; Mt 12:41than for you.15 And you, Capernaum,* 10:15 Mt 4:13; Lk 4:23,31; 7:1will you be exalted to heaven?* 10:15 Ac 2:33No, you will go down to Hades.* 10:15 Is 14:12–15; Ac 2:2716 Whoever listens to you listens to me.* 10:16 Mt 10:40; Jn 13:20Whoever rejects you rejects me.* 10:16 Mt 25:45; Lk 9:48; Jn 12:48And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me."* 10:16 Jn 5:23; 1Th 4:8

The Return of the Seventy-Two

17 The seventy-two  * 10:17 Other mss read The seventy,* 10:17 Ezk 8:11 returned with joy, saying,  * 10:17–20 Mk 16:17–18; Jn 12:31 "Lord, even the demons  * 10:17 Rv 9:20 submit to us in your name."  * 10:17 Jn 10:25; 14:13

18 He said to them, "I watched Satan* 10:18 Mt 4:1,10; Ac 13:10; Rv 12:9fall from heaven like lightning.* 10:18 Mt 28:3; Col 2:1519 Look, I have given you the authority* 10:19 Mk 1:22to trample* 10:19 Lk 21:24; Rv 11:2on snakes* 10:19 Gn 3:16; Mt 23:33; Rv 9:19and scorpions* 10:19 Lk 11:12; Rv 9:3and over all the power of the enemy;* 10:19 Mt 13:39; 1Co 15:25nothing at all will harm you.* 10:19 Ps 91:13; Mk 16:18; Ac 28:520 However, don’t rejoice that* 10:20 Lit don’t rejoice in this, thatthe spirits* 10:20 1Tm 4:1; 1Jn 4:1submit to you,* 10:20 Mt 7:22–23but rejoice that your names are written* 10:20 Ex 32:32; Neh 9:38; Mal 3:16in heaven."

The Son Reveals the Father

21 At that time  * 10:21–24 Mt 11:25–27; 13:16–17 he  * 10:21 Other mss read Jesus rejoiced in the Holy  * 10:21 Other mss omit Holy Spirit  * 10:21 Lk 2:27; 4:1; 19:21; Ac 2:4 and said, "I praise* 10:21 Or thank, or confessyou, Father,* 10:21 Mt 7:21; Lk 23:34,46; Jn 8:42; 11:41; 12:27–28; 17:1–25Lord of heaven and earth,* 10:21 Gn 14:19; Ac 17:24because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent* 10:21 Is 44:25; Jr 8:9; Ac 13:7; 1Co 1:19–27; 3:19–20and revealed them to infants.* 10:21 Ps 8:2; Mt 21:16Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure.* 10:21 Lit was well-pleasing in your sight,* 10:21 Lk 2:1422 All things have* 10:22 Other mss read And turning to the disciples, he said, "Everything hasbeen entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires* 10:22 Or wills, or choosesto reveal him."* 10:22 Jn 1:18; 6:46; 7:29; 8:19; 10:15; 17:25–26

23 Then turning to his disciples he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear but didn’t hear them."* 10:24 Jn 8:56; Heb 11:13; 1Pt 1:10–12

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 Then  * 10:25–28 Mt 22:34–40; Mk 12:28–34 an expert in the law  * 10:25 Lk 7:30 stood up to test  * 10:25 Mt 16:1; 19:3 him, saying, "Teacher,  * 10:25 Mt 8:19; Lk 3:12; Jn 1:38 what must I do to inherit eternal life? "  * 10:25 Mt 19:29; Lk 18:18; Jn 12:25; Rv 21:7

26 "What is written in the law? " he asked him. "How do you read it? "

27 He answered, "Love the Lord your God* 10:27 Lk 4:8with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,"* 10:27 Dt 6:5 and "your neighbor as yourself."* 10:27 Lv 19:18; Dt 6:5,* 10:27 Lv 19:18

28 "You’ve answered correctly," he told him. "Do this and you will live."* 10:28 Lv 18:5; Neh 9:29; Ezk 20:11; Rm 10:5; Gl 3:12

29 But wanting to justify himself,  * 10:29 Lk 16:15 he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor? "  * 10:29 Ex 20:16–17; Lv 6:2; 19:13–18; Pr 3:28–29; Mt 5:43; 19:19; Rm 13:9–10

30 Jesus took up the question and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead.31 A priest happened to be going down that road. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.32 In the same way, a Levite, when he arrived at the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.33 But a Samaritan* 10:33 Mt 10:5; Lk 9:52; Ac 1:8on his journey came up to him, and when he saw the man, he had compassion.* 10:33 Lk 7:13; 15:2034 He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil* 10:34 Is 1:6; Jms 5:14and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.35 The next day* 10:35 Other mss add as he was leavinghe took out two denarii,* 10:35 A denarius = one day’s wage.gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him. When I come back I’ll reimburse you for whatever extra you spend.’

36 "Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? "

37 "The one who showed mercy  * 10:37 Mt 23:23; Lk 1:72; Jms 2:13 to him," he said.

Then Jesus told him, "Go and do the same."

Martha and Mary

38 While they were traveling, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha  * 10:38 Jn 11:1,19–20; 12:2–3 welcomed him into her home.  * 10:38 Other mss omit into her home39 She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s  * 10:39 Other mss read at Jesus’s feet  * 10:39 Lk 8:35; Ac 22:3 and was listening to what he said.  * 10:39 Lit to his word or message40 But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, "Lord, don’t you care  * 10:40 Mk 4:38; 1Pt 5:7 that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand."  * 10:40 Or tell her to help me,* 10:40 Rm 8:26

41 The Lord  * 10:41 Other mss read Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things,* 10:41 Lk 12:22; 1Co 7:32; Php 4:642 but one thing is necessary.* 10:42 Some mss read few things are necessary, or only one,* 10:42 Ps 16:5; 27:4; Jn 6:27Mary has made the right choice,* 10:42 Lit has chosen the good part, or has chosen the better portion; = the right mealand it will not be taken away from her."