Luke - Chapter 10

Passage

And after these things, the Lord appointed seventy-two others also. And he sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he himself was to come. And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest. Go: behold, I send you as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor bag, nor shoes: and greet no one along the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house. And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall return to you. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking what they have: for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house. And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat what is set before you. And heal the sick who are there and say to them: The kingdom of God has come near to you. But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say: Even the very dust of your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand. I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that city. Woe to you, Corozain! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works that have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have done penance long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you shall be thrust down to hell. Whoever hears you hears me: and whoever despises you despises me: and whoever despises me despises him who sent me. And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us in your name. And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from heaven. Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt you. But do not rejoice in this, that spirits are subject to you: but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven. In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said: I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, for so it has seemed good in your sight. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. And no one knows who the Son is, except the Father: and who the Father is, except the Son and anyone to whom the Son will reveal him. And turning to his disciples, he said: Blessed are the eyes that see the things which you see. For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you see and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear and have not heard them. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, testing him and saying: Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? But he said to him: What is written in the law? How do you read it? He answered and said: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with all your strength and with all your mind: and your neighbor as yourself. And he said to him: You have answered rightly. Do this: and you shall live. But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbor? And Jesus answered and said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him and, having wounded him, went away, leaving him half dead. And it happened that a certain priest was going down the same way: and seeing him, he passed by. In the same way a Levite also, when he was near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and seeing him, he was moved with compassion. And going up to him, he bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and setting him upon his own animal, he brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two pence and gave them to the innkeeper and said: Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I return. Which of these three, in your opinion, was a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers? But he said: The one who showed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do the same. Now it happened, as they went, that he entered a certain town: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who, sitting also at the Lord's feet, listened to his word. But Martha was busy with much serving. And she stood and said: Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me alone to serve? Tell her then to help me. And the Lord answered and said to her: Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things: But one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.