Luke 10
10Later the Master selected seventy and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he intended to go.G1161G3326G5023G2962G322G2087G1440G2532G2532G649G846G303G1417G4253G846G4383G1519G3956G4172G2532G5117G3757G3739G846G3195G20642He gave them this charge: "What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands.G3767G3004G4314G846G2326G3303G4183G1161G2040G3641G1189G3767G2962G2326G3704G1544G2040G1519G846G23263"On your way! But be careful—this is hazardous work. You're like lambs in a wolf pack.G5217G2400G1473G649G5209G649G5613G704G1722G3319G30744"Travel light. Comb and toothbrush and no extra luggage. "Don't loiter and make small talk with everyone you meet along the way.G941G3361G905G3361G4082G3366G5266G2532G782G3367G2596G35985"When you enter a home, greet the family, 'Peace.'G1161G1519G3739G302G3614G1525G4412G3004G1515G5129G36246If your greeting is received, then it's a good place to stay. But if it's not received, take it back and get out. Don't impose yourself.G2532G1437G3303G5207G1515G5600G1563G5216G1515G1879G1909G846G1490G344G1909G5209G3447"Stay at one home, taking your meals there, for a worker deserves three square meals. Don't move from house to house, looking for the best cook in town.G1161G1722G846G3614G3306G2068G2532G4095G3844G846G3844G1063G2040G2076G514G846G3408G3327G3361G1537G3614G1519G36148"When you enter a town and are received, eat what they set before you,G2532G1519G1161G3739G302G4172G1525G2532G1209G5209G2068G3908G52139heal anyone who is sick, and tell them, 'God's kingdom is right on your doorstep!'G2532G2323G772G1722G846G2532G3004G846G932G2316G1448G1909G520910"When you enter a town and are not received, go out in the street and say,G1161G1519G3739G302G4172G1525G2532G1209G5209G3361G1831G1519G4113G846G203611'The only thing we got from you is the dirt on our feet, and we're giving it back. Did you have any idea that God's kingdom was right on your doorstep?'G2532G2868G1537G5216G4172G3588G2853G2254G631G5213G4133G1097G5124G3754G932G2316G1448G1909G520912Sodom will have it better on Judgment Day than the town that rejects you.G1161G3004G5213G3754G2071G414G1722G1565G2250G4670G2228G1565G417213"Doom, Chorazin! Doom, Bethsaida! If Tyre and Sidon had been given half the chances given you, they'd have been on their knees long ago, repenting and crying for mercy.G3759G4671G5523G3759G4671G966G3754G1487G1411G1096G1722G5184G2532G4605G3588G1096G1722G5213G3340G3819G3340G2521G302G1722G4526G2532G470014Tyre and Sidon will have it easy on Judgment Day compared to you.G4133G2071G414G5184G2532G4605G1722G2920G2228G521315"And you, Capernaum! Do you think you're about to be promoted to heaven? Think again. You're on a mud slide to hell.G2532G4771G2584G3588G5312G2193G3772G2601G2193G8616"The one who listens to you, listens to me. The one who rejects you, rejects me. And rejecting me is the same as rejecting God, who sent me."G191G5216G191G1700G2532G114G5209G114G1691G1161G114G1691G114G649G316517The seventy came back triumphant. "Master, even the demons danced to your tune!"G1161G1440G5290G3326G5479G3004G2962G2532G1140G5293G2254G1722G4675G368618Jesus said, "I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky.G1161G2036G846G2334G4567G5613G796G4098G1537G377219See what I've given you? Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions, and protection from every assault of the Enemy. No one can put a hand on you.G2400G1325G5213G1849G3961G1883G3789G2532G4651G2532G1909G3956G1411G2190G2532G3762G91G3364G91G91G520920All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God's authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you—that's the agenda for rejoicing."G4133G1722G5129G5463G3361G3754G4151G5293G5213G1161G3123G5463G3754G5216G3686G1125G1722G377221At that, Jesus rejoiced, exuberant in the Holy Spirit. "I thank you, Father, Master of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the know-it-alls and showed them to these innocent newcomers. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.G1722G846G5610G2424G21G4151G2532G2036G1843G4671G3962G2962G3772G2532G1093G3754G613G5023G575G4680G2532G4908G2532G601G846G3516G3483G3962G3754G3779G1096G2107G1715G4675G171522"I've been given it all by my Father! Only the Father knows who the Son is and only the Son knows who the Father is. The Son can introduce the Father to anyone he wants to."G3956G3860G3427G5259G3450G3962G2532G3762G1097G5101G5207G2076G1508G3962G2532G5101G3962G2076G1508G5207G2532G3739G1437G5207G1014G60123He then turned in a private aside to his disciples. "Fortunate the eyes that see what you're seeing!G2532G4762G4314G3101G2036G2398G2596G3107G3788G3588G991G3739G99124There are plenty of prophets and kings who would have given their right arm to see what you are seeing but never got so much as a glimpse, to hear what you are hearing but never got so much as a whisper."G1063G3004G5213G3754G4183G4396G2532G935G2309G1492G3739G5210G991G2532G1492G3756G1492G2532G191G3739G191G2532G191G3756G19125Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. "Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?"G2532G2400G5100G3544G450G2532G1598G846G3004G1320G5101G4160G2816G166G222226He answered, "What's written in God's Law? How do you interpret it?"G1161G2036G4314G846G5101G1125G1722G3551G4459G31427He said, "That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself."G1161G611G2036G25G2962G4675G2316G1537G3650G4675G2588G2532G1537G3650G4675G5590G2532G1537G3650G4675G2479G2532G1537G3650G4675G1271G2532G4675G4139G5613G457228"Good answer!" said Jesus. "Do it and you'll live."G1161G2036G846G611G3723G5124G4160G2532G219829Looking for a loophole, he asked, "And just how would you define 'neighbor'?"G1161G2309G1344G1438G2036G4314G2424G2532G5101G2076G3450G413930Jesus answered by telling a story. "There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead.G1161G2424G5274G2036G5100G444G2597G575G2419G1519G2410G2532G4045G3027G3739G2532G1562G846G1562G2532G4127G2007G565G863G2253G517731Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side.G1161G2596G4795G2597G5100G2409G1722G1565G3598G2532G1492G846G49232Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.G1161G3668G2532G3019G1096G2596G5117G2064G2532G1492G49233"A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man's condition, his heart went out to him.G1161G5100G4541G3593G2064G2596G846G2532G1492G846G469734He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable.G2532G4334G2611G846G5134G2022G1637G2532G3631G1161G1913G846G1909G2398G2934G71G846G1519G3829G2532G1959G84635In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I'll pay you on my way back.'G2532G1909G839G1831G1544G1417G1220G1325G3830G2532G2036G846G1959G846G2532G3748G302G4325G3165G1722G1880G1473G591G467136"What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?"G5101G3767G5130G5140G1380G4671G1096G4139G1706G1519G302737"The one who treated him kindly," the religion scholar responded. Jesus said, "Go and do the same."G1161G2036G4160G1656G3326G846G3767G2036G2424G846G4198G2532G4160G4771G366838As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village. A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home.G1161G1096G1722G846G4198G2532G846G1525G1519G5100G2968G1161G5100G1135G3686G3136G5264G846G1519G846G362439She had a sister, Mary, who sat before the Master, hanging on every word he said.G2532G3592G2258G79G2564G3137G3739G2532G3869G3844G2424G4228G191G846G305640But Martha was pulled away by all she had to do in the kitchen. Later, she stepped in, interrupting them. "Master, don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen to me? Tell her to lend me a hand."G1161G3136G4049G4012G4183G1248G1161G2186G2036G2962G3199G4671G3756G3199G3754G3450G79G2641G3165G1247G3441G2036G846G3767G2443G4878G342741The Master said, "Martha, dear Martha, you're fussing far too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing.G1161G2424G611G2036G846G3136G3136G3309G2532G5182G4012G418342One thing only is essential, and Mary has chosen it—it's the main course, and won't be taken from her."G1161G1520G2076G5532G1161G3137G1586G18G3310G3748G851G3756G851G575G846
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