Jesus sends out the seventy-two
1After this the Lord appointed seventy-two10:1 Some manuscripts seventy; also in verse 17 others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
5‘When you enter a house, first say, “Peace to this house.” 6If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
8‘When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9Heal those there who are ill and tell them, “The kingdom of God has come near to you.” 10But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11“Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God has come near.” 12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
13‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.10:15 That is, the realm of the dead
16‘Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.’
17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, ‘Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.’
18He replied, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’
21At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
22‘All things have been committed to me by my Father. No-one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no-one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’
23Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.’
The parable of the good Samaritan
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’
26‘What is written in the Law?’ he replied. ‘How do you read it?’
27He answered, ‘ “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind”10:27 Deut. 6:5; and, “Love your neighbour as yourself.”10:27 Lev. 19:18’
28‘You have answered correctly,’ Jesus replied. ‘Do this and you will live.’
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’
30In reply Jesus said: ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half-dead. 31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he travelled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii10:35 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day labourer (see Matt. 20:2). and gave them to the innkeeper. “Look after him,” he said, “and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.”
36‘Which of these three do you think was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?’
37The expert in the law replied, ‘The one who had mercy on him.’
Jesus told him, ‘Go and do likewise.’
At the home of Martha and Mary
38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, ‘Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!’
41‘Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, 42but few things are needed – or indeed only one.10:42 Some manuscripts but only one thing is needed Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’
差遣門徒
1事後，主揀選了七十個門徒10·1 「七十個門徒」有古卷為「七十二個門徒」。，差遣他們兩個兩個地出去，先到祂將要去的城鎮村莊， 2並對他們說：「要收割的莊稼很多，工人卻很少，因此你們要祈求莊稼的主人派更多的工人去收割祂的莊稼。
3「你們去吧！我差你們出去，就像把羊羔送入狼群。 4錢袋、背包和鞋都不要帶，在路上也不要與人寒暄。 5無論到哪一戶人家，要先說，『願祝福臨到這家！』 6如果那裡有配得祝福的人，祝福自然會臨到那人，否則祝福仍歸給你們。 7不要搬來搬去，要固定住在一家，接受那家的款待，因為工人理應得到工錢。
8「你們無論到哪一個城鎮，如果人們接待你們，就吃他們擺上的飲食。 9要醫治那城裡的病人，告訴他們，『上帝的國臨近你們了。』 10但如果哪一個城鎮的人不歡迎你們，你們就到街上宣告， 11『就連你們城裡的塵土粘在我們腳上，我們都要跺掉，但是要知道，上帝的國臨近了。』 12我告訴你們，在審判之日，那城所受的刑罰將比所多瑪所受的還重！
13「哥拉汛啊，你大禍臨頭了！伯賽大啊，你大禍臨頭了！我在你們當中所行的神蹟，如果行在泰爾和西頓，那裡的人早就身披麻衣，頭蒙灰塵，坐在地上悔改了。 14在審判之日，你們將比泰爾和西頓受更重的刑罰！
15「迦百農啊，你將被提升到天上嗎？不！你將被打落到陰間。」
16耶穌繼續對門徒說：「誰聽從你們，就是聽從我；誰拒絕你們，就是拒絕我；拒絕我的，就是拒絕差我來的那位。」
17七十個門徒興高采烈地回來說：「主啊，我們奉你的名行事，甚至降服了鬼魔。」
18耶穌回答說：「我看見撒旦像閃電一樣從天上墜下。 19我已經給你們權柄，使你們能踐踏蛇和蠍子，勝過仇敵的權勢，沒有什麼能傷害你們。 20然而，不要為了邪靈向你們降服而高興，要因你們的名字記錄在天上而高興。」
21就在這時候，耶穌受聖靈感動，充滿喜樂地說：「父啊，天地的主，我頌讚你！因為你把這些事向聰明、有學問的人隱藏起來，卻啟示給像孩童一般的人。父啊！是的，這正是你的美意。 22我父將一切交給了我。除了父，沒有人認識子；除了子和受子啟示的人，沒有人認識父。」
23隨後，耶穌轉身悄悄地對門徒說：「誰看到你們今日所看到的，誰就有福了。 24我告訴你們，以前有許多先知和君王渴望看見你們所看見的，聽見你們所聽見的，卻未能如願。」
好撒瑪利亞人的比喻
25有一次，一名律法教師站起來試探耶穌，說：「老師，我應該怎樣做才能得永生呢？」
26耶穌反問他：「律法怎麼說？你怎麼理解？」
27律法教師答道：「『你要全心、全情、全力、全意愛主——你的上帝』，又要『愛鄰如己』。」 28耶穌說：「你答得對，照著去做就有永生了。」
29律法教師想證明自己有理，就問：「那麼，誰是我的鄰居呢？」
30耶穌回答說：「有個人從耶路撒冷去耶利哥，途中被劫。強盜剝了他的衣服，把他打個半死，丟在那裡，然後揚長而去。
31「剛好有位祭司經過，看見那人躺在地上，連忙從旁邊繞過，繼續趕路。 32又有個利未人經過，也跟先前那個祭司一樣從旁邊繞過去了。
33「後來，有位撒瑪利亞人10·33 猶太人向來輕視撒瑪利亞人，認為他們血統不純正，因此互不往來。經過，看見這個人，就動了慈心， 34連忙上前用油和酒替他敷傷口，包紮妥當，然後把他扶上自己騎的牲口，帶到附近的客店照料。 35次日還交給店主兩個銀幣，說，『請替我好好照顧這個人。如果錢不夠的話，等我回來再補給你。』 36那麼，你認為這三個人中誰是被劫者的鄰居呢？」
37律法教師說：「是那個同情他的人。」
耶穌說：「你去照樣做吧。」
上好的福分
38耶穌和門徒去耶路撒冷的途中路過一個村莊，遇到一位名叫瑪大的女子接待他們到家裡作客。 39瑪大的妹妹瑪麗亞坐在耶穌腳前聽道， 40瑪大為了招待客人忙亂不已，於是上前對耶穌說：
「主啊，我妹妹讓我一個人伺候大家，你都不管嗎？請你叫她來幫幫我吧。」
41耶穌對她說：「瑪大，瑪大，你為太多事情憂慮煩惱。 42其實最要緊的事只有一件，瑪麗亞選擇了上好的，是奪不走的。」
