10:16 “The one who listens 4 to you listens to me, 5 and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects 6 the one who sent me.” 7
10:17 Then 8 the seventy-two 9 returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to 10 us in your name!” 11 10:18 So 12 he said to them, “I saw 13 Satan fall 14 like lightning 15 from heaven. 10:19 Look, I have given you authority to tread 16 on snakes and scorpions 17 and on the full force of the enemy, 18 and nothing will 19 hurt you. 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that 20 the spirits submit to you, but rejoice 21 that your names stand written 22 in heaven.”
10:21 On that same occasion 23 Jesus 24 rejoiced 25 in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise 26 you, Father, Lord 27 of heaven and earth, because 28 you have hidden these things from the wise 29 and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. 30 10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father. 31 No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides 32 to reveal him.”
10:23 Then 33 Jesus 34 turned 35 to his 36 disciples and said privately, “Blessed 37 are the eyes that see what you see! 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see 38 what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
10:25 Now 39 an expert in religious law 40 stood up to test Jesus, 41 saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 42 10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” 43 10:27 The expert 44 answered, “Love 45 the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, 46 and love your neighbor as yourself.” 47 10:28 Jesus 48 said to him, “You have answered correctly; 49 do this, and you will live.”
10:29 But the expert, 50 wanting to justify 51 himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 10:30 Jesus replied, 52 “A man was going down 53 from Jerusalem 54 to Jericho, 55 and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat 56 him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. 57 10:31 Now by chance 58 a priest was going down that road, but 59 when he saw the injured man 60 he passed by 61 on the other side. 62 10:32 So too a Levite, when he came up to 63 the place and saw him, 64 passed by on the other side. 10:33 But 65 a Samaritan 66 who was traveling 67 came to where the injured man 68 was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. 69 10:34 He 70 went up to him 71 and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil 72 and wine on them. Then 73 he put him on 74 his own animal, 75 brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35 The 76 next day he took out two silver coins 77 and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’ 78 10:36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor 79 to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 10:37 The expert in religious law 80 said, “The one who showed mercy 81 to him.” So 82 Jesus said to him, “Go and do 83 the same.”
10:38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus 84 entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest. 85 10:39 She 86 had a sister named Mary, who sat 87 at the Lord’s feet 88 and listened to what he said. 10:40 But Martha was distracted 89 with all the preparations she had to make, 90 so 91 she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care 92 that my sister has left me to do all the work 93 alone? Tell 94 her to help me.” 10:41 But the Lord 95 answered her, 96 “Martha, Martha, 97 you are worried and troubled 98 about many things, 10:42 but one thing 99 is needed. Mary has chosen the best 100 part; it will not be taken away from her.”