CHAPTER 10
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.
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.
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.
‘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.’
Woe
to you,
Chorazin!
Woe
to you,
Bethsaida!
For
if
the
miracles
that
were performed
in
you
had happened
in
Tyre
and
Sidon,
they would have repented
long ago,
sitting
in
sackcloth
and
ashes.
Whoever
listens
to you
listens
to Me;
whoever
rejects
you
rejects
Me;
and
whoever
rejects
Me
rejects
the One who
sent
Me.”
See,
I have given
you
authority
to tread
on
snakes
and
scorpions,
and
over
all
the
power
of the
enemy.
Nothing
will harm
you.
Nevertheless,
{do] not
rejoice
that
the
spirits
submit
to you,
but
rejoice
that
your
names
are written
in
heaven.”
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.
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."
Then
Jesus turned
to
the
disciples
and said
privately,
“Blessed are
the
eyes
that
see
what
you see.
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.”
One day
an
expert in the law
stood up
to test
Him.
“Teacher,”
he asked,
“what
must I do
to inherit
eternal
life?”
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.'"
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.
Now
by
chance
a
priest
was going down
the same
road,
but
when he saw
him,
he passed by on the other side.
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.
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.’
“The one
who showed
him
mercy,”
replied the expert in the law.
Then
Jesus
told
him,
“Go
and
do
likewise.”
As
they
traveled along,
Jesus
entered
a
village
where
a
woman
named
Martha
welcomed
Him
into
her
home.
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!"
But
only
one
thing
is
necessary.
Mary
has chosen
the
good
portion,
and it
will not be taken away from
her.”