Jesus sends out the Seventy10:0 Whereas the Twelve had been sent two by two to Galilee, the Seventy were sent to Judea.

1Now after these things, the Lord appointed seventy ²⁶⁰others also, and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

2Then He said to them: “The harvest is indeed great, but the workers are few; therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He may send out workers into His harvest.

3“Go! Yes, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

4Do not carry a purse, nor a knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road. ²⁶¹

5Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

6If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you.

7Remain in that same house, eating and drinking what they offer, because the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house. ²⁶²

8“And into whatever town you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

9Heal the sick therein and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

10But into whatever town you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say:

11‘Even the dust of your town that clings to us we wipe off against you. Nonetheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

12I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that town.

Jesus gives the example

13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

14Nevertheless it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgment than for you.

15And you, Capernaum, who are ‘exalted to heaven’, will be brought down to Hades.

16“He who listens to you listens to me, and he who rejects you rejects me; ²⁶³but he who rejects me rejects Him who sent me!”

The Seventy return and report

17Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

18So He said to them: “I watched Satan fall like lightning out of heaven. ²⁶⁴

19Take note, I am giving ²⁶⁵you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, ²⁶⁶and over all the power of the enemy, ²⁶⁷and nothing at all may harm you.

20However, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” ²⁶⁸

Jesus worships His Father

21In that same hour Jesus exulted in His spirit ²⁶⁹and said: “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to ‘infants’. Yes, Father, because it pleased you to do so.”

22And turning to the disciples He said: ²⁷⁰“All things have been entrusted to me by my Father; also, no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and to whomever the Son may choose to reveal Him.”

23Then turning to His disciples ²⁷¹privately He said: “Blessed are the eyes that are seeing the things that you see;

24for I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you are seeing but did not, and to hear what you are hearing but did not.” ²⁷²

How to inherit eternal life

25And then, a certain lawyer stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26So He said to him: “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”

27In answer he said: “You shall 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, your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁷³

28So He said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live!”

29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ²⁷⁴

The good Samaritan

30By way of reply Jesus said: “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and as it chanced he ran into robbers, who after having stripped and wounded him, departed, leaving him half dead.

31Now by coincidence a certain priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

32So too, a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, ²⁷⁵and passed by on the other side.

33But a certain Samaritan, ²⁷⁶as he traveled, came by there, and upon seeing him was moved with compassion;

34and going to him he bound up his wounds, applying oil and wine. Then he placed him on his own mount, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

35On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and should you spend more, I will repay you when I return.’

36So which of these three, would you say, was ‘neighbor’ to him who ran into the robbers?”

37He said, “The one who showed mercy on him.” So Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise!” ²⁷⁷

Martha and Mary

38Now it happened as they traveled that He entered a certain village; ²⁷⁸and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. ²⁷⁹

39And she had a sister called Mary, who actually sat at Jesus' feet listening to His words.

40Well Martha was distracted with much serving; so coming up she said: “Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Do please tell her to help me!”

41But in answer Jesus said to her: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and agitated about many things,

42but only one is needed. ²⁸⁰However, Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”