10:1 After this 1 the Lord appointed seventy-two 2 others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town 3 and place where he himself was about to go. 10:2 He 4 said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest 5 to send out 6 workers into his harvest. 10:3 Go! I 7 am sending you out like lambs 8 surrounded by wolves. 9 10:4 Do not carry 10 a money bag, 11 a traveler’s bag, 12 or sandals, and greet no one on the road. 13 10:5 Whenever 14 you enter a house, 15 first say, ‘May peace 16 be on this house!’ 10:6 And if a peace-loving person 17 is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you. 18 10:7 Stay 19 in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, 20 for the worker deserves his pay. 21 Do not move around from house to house. 10:8 Whenever 22 you enter a town 23 and the people 24 welcome you, eat what is set before you. 10:9 Heal 25 the sick in that town 26 and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God 27 has come upon 28 you!’ 10:10 But whenever 29 you enter a town 30 and the people 31 do not welcome 32 you, go into its streets 33 and say, 10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town 34 that clings to our feet we wipe off 35 against you. 36 Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ 37 10:12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom 38 than for that town! 39
10:13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! 40 Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if 41 the miracles 42 done in you had been done in Tyre 43 and Sidon, 44 they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 10:14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you! 10:15 And you, Capernaum, 45 will you be exalted to heaven? 46 No, you will be thrown down to Hades! 47
10:16 “The one who listens 48 to you listens to me, 49 and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects 50 the one who sent me.” 51
10:17 Then 52 the seventy-two 53 returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to 54 us in your name!” 55 10:18 So 56 he said to them, “I saw 57 Satan fall 58 like lightning 59 from heaven. 10:19 Look, I have given you authority to tread 60 on snakes and scorpions 61 and on the full force of the enemy, 62 and nothing will 63 hurt you. 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that 64 the spirits submit to you, but rejoice 65 that your names stand written 66 in heaven.”
10:21 On that same occasion 67 Jesus 68 rejoiced 69 in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise 70 you, Father, Lord 71 of heaven and earth, because 72 you have hidden these things from the wise 73 and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. 74 10:22 All things have been given to me by my Father. 75 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 76 to reveal him.”
10:23 Then 77 Jesus 78 turned 79 to his 80 disciples and said privately, “Blessed 81 are the eyes that see what you see! 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see 82 what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
10:25 Now 83 an expert in religious law 84 stood up to test Jesus, 85 saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 86 10:26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?” 87 10:27 The expert 88 answered, “Love 89 the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, 90 and love your neighbor as yourself.” 91 10:28 Jesus 92 said to him, “You have answered correctly; 93 do this, and you will live.”
10:29 But the expert, 94 wanting to justify 95 himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 10:30 Jesus replied, 96 “A man was going down 97 from Jerusalem 98 to Jericho, 99 and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat 100 him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. 101 10:31 Now by chance 102 a priest was going down that road, but 103 when he saw the injured man 104 he passed by 105 on the other side. 106 10:32 So too a Levite, when he came up to 107 the place and saw him, 108 passed by on the other side. 10:33 But 109 a Samaritan 110 who was traveling 111 came to where the injured man 112 was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. 113 10:34 He 114 went up to him 115 and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil 116 and wine on them. Then 117 he put him on 118 his own animal, 119 brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 10:35 The 120 next day he took out two silver coins 121 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.’ 122 10:36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor 123 to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 10:37 The expert in religious law 124 said, “The one who showed mercy 125 to him.” So 126 Jesus said to him, “Go and do 127 the same.”
10:38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus 128 entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest. 129 10:39 She 130 had a sister named Mary, who sat 131 at the Lord’s feet 132 and listened to what he said. 10:40 But Martha was distracted 133 with all the preparations she had to make, 134 so 135 she came up to him and said, “Lord, don’t you care 136 that my sister has left me to do all the work 137 alone? Tell 138 her to help me.” 10:41 But the Lord 139 answered her, 140 “Martha, Martha, 141 you are worried and troubled 142 about many things, 10:42 but one thing 143 is needed. Mary has chosen the best 144 part; it will not be taken away from her.”
11:1 Now 145 Jesus 146 was praying in a certain place. When 147 he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John 148 taught 149 his disciples.” 11:2 So he said to them, “When you pray, 150 say:
Father, 151 may your name be honored; 152
may your kingdom come. 153
11:3 Give us each day our daily bread, 154
11:4 and forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins 155 against us.
And do not lead us into temptation.” 156
11:5 Then 157 he said to them, “Suppose one of you 158 has a friend, and you go to him 159 at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 160 11:6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, 161 and I have nothing to set before 162 him.’ 11:7 Then 163 he will reply 164 from inside, ‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. 165 I cannot get up and give you anything.’ 166 11:8 I tell you, even though the man inside 167 will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s 168 sheer persistence 169 he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
11:9 “So 170 I tell you: Ask, 171 and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door 172 will be opened for you. 11:10 For everyone who asks 173 receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door 174 will be opened. 11:11 What father among you, if your 175 son asks for 176 a fish, will give him a snake 177 instead of a fish? 11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 178 11:13 If you then, although you are 179 evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit 180 to those who ask him!”
11:14 Now 181 he was casting out a demon that was mute. 182 When 183 the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, 184 and the crowds were amazed. 11:15 But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, 185 the ruler 186 of demons, he casts out demons.” 11:16 Others, to test 187 him, 188 began asking for 189 a sign 190 from heaven. 11:17 But Jesus, 191 realizing their thoughts, said to them, 192 “Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, 193 and a divided household falls. 194 11:18 So 195 if 196 Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because 197 you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. 11:19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons 198 cast them 199 out? Therefore they will be your judges. 11:20 But if I cast out demons by the finger 200 of God, then the kingdom of God 201 has already overtaken 202 you. 11:21 When a strong man, 203 fully armed, guards his own palace, 204 his possessions are safe. 205 11:22 But 206 when a stronger man 207 attacks 208 and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s 209 armor on which the man relied 210 and divides up 211 his plunder. 212 11:23 Whoever is not with me is against me, 213 and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 214
11:24 “When an unclean spirit 215 goes out of a person, 216 it passes through waterless places 217 looking for rest but 218 not finding any. Then 219 it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ 220 11:25 When it returns, 221 it finds the house 222 swept clean and put in order. 223 11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so 224 the last state of that person 225 is worse than the first.” 226
11:27 As 227 he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out 228 to him, “Blessed is the womb 229 that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!” 230 11:28 But he replied, 231 “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey 232 it!”
11:29 As 233 the crowds were increasing, Jesus 234 began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, 235 but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 236 11:30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, 237 so the Son of Man will be a sign 238 to this generation. 239 11:31 The queen of the South 240 will rise up at the judgment 241 with the people 242 of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, 243 something greater 244 than Solomon is here! 11:32 The people 245 of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them 246 – and now, 247 something greater than Jonah is here!
11:33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place 248 or under a basket, 249 but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light. 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, 250 your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, 251 your body is full of darkness. 11:35 Therefore see to it 252 that the light in you 253 is not darkness. 11:36 If 254 then 255 your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, 256 it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.” 257
11:37 As he spoke, 258 a Pharisee 259 invited Jesus 260 to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table. 261 11:38 The 262 Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus 263 did not first wash his hands 264 before the meal. 11:39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean 265 the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 266 11:40 You fools! 267 Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well? 268 11:41 But give from your heart to those in need, 269 and 270 then everything will be clean for you. 271
11:42 “But woe to you Pharisees! 272 You give a tenth 273 of your mint, 274 rue, 275 and every herb, yet you neglect justice 276 and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others. 277 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats 278 in the synagogues 279 and elaborate greetings 280 in the marketplaces! 11:44 Woe to you! 281 You are like unmarked graves, and people 282 walk over them without realizing it!” 283
11:45 One of the experts in religious law 284 answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult 285 us too.” 11:46 But Jesus 286 replied, 287 “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! 288 You load people 289 down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch 290 the burdens with even one of your fingers! 11:47 Woe to you! You build 291 the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors 292 killed. 11:48 So you testify that you approve of 293 the deeds of your ancestors, 294 because they killed the prophets 295 and you build their 296 tombs! 297 11:49 For this reason also the wisdom 298 of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ 11:50 so that this generation may be held accountable 299 for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning 300 of the world, 301 11:51 from the blood of Abel 302 to the blood of Zechariah, 303 who was killed 304 between the altar and the sanctuary. 305 Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against 306 this generation. 11:52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away 307 the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered 308 those who were going in.”
11:53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law 309 and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, 310 and to ask him hostile questions 311 about many things, 11:54 plotting against 312 him, to catch 313 him in something he might say.