Luk 10:1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy other disciples and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place that he intended to go.

Luk 10:2 He was telling them, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.

Luk 10:3 Get going! See, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Luk 10:4 Don't carry a wallet, a traveling bag, or sandals, and don't greet anyone on the way.

Luk 10:5 "Whatever house you go into, first say, 'May there be peace in this house.'

Luk 10:6 If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting of peace will remain with him. But if that's not the case, your greeting will come back to you.

Luk 10:7 Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

Luk 10:8 "Whenever you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat whatever they serve you,

Luk 10:9 heal the sick that are there, and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you!'

Luk 10:10 But whenever you go into a town and people don't welcome you, go out into its streets and say,

Luk 10:11 'We are wiping off your town's dust that clings to our feet in protest against you! But realize this: the kingdom of God is near!'

Luk 10:12 I tell you, on that day it will be easier for Sodom than for that town!"

Luk 10:13 "How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luk 10:14 It will be easier for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you!

Luk 10:15 And you, Capernaum! You won't be lifted up to heaven, will you? You'll go down to Hades!

Luk 10:16 The person who listens to you listens to me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

Luk 10:17 The seventy came back and joyously reported, "Lord, even the demons are submitting to us in your name!"

Luk 10:18 He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

Luk 10:19 Look! I have given you the authority to trample snakes and scorpions and to destroy all the enemy's power, and nothing will ever hurt you.

Luk 10:20 However, stop rejoicing because the spirits are submitting to you. Rather, rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

Luk 10:21 In that hour Jesus was extremely joyful in the Holy Spirit and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from wise and intelligent people and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this is what was pleasing to you.

Luk 10:22 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 the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Luk 10:23 Then turning to the disciples in private, he said to them, "How blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Luk 10:24 For I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn't see them, and to hear the things you hear but didn't hear them."

Luk 10:25 Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Luk 10:26 Jesus answered him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"

Luk 10:27 He answered, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And you must love your neighbor as yourself."

Luk 10:28 Jesus told him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."

Luk 10:29 But the man wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Luk 10:30 After careful consideration, Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of bandits. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

Luk 10:31 By chance, a priest was traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he went by on the other side.

Luk 10:32 Similarly, a Levite came to that place. When he saw the man, he also went by on the other side.

Luk 10:33 But as he was traveling along, a Samaritan came across the man. When the Samaritan saw him, he was moved with compassion.

Luk 10:34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Luk 10:35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. If you spend more than that, I'll repay you when I come back.'

Luk 10:36 "Of these three men, who do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the bandits?"

Luk 10:37 He said, "The one who showed mercy to him." Jesus told him, "Go and do what he did."

Luk 10:38 Now as they were traveling along, Jesus went into a village. A woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

Luk 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.

Luk 10:40 But Martha was worrying about all the things she had to do, so she came to him and asked, "Lord, you do care that my sister has left me to do the work all by myself, don't you? Then tell her to help me."

Luk 10:41 The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha! You worry and fuss about a lot of things.

Luk 10:42 But there's only one thing you need. Mary has chosen what is better, and it is not to be taken away from her."