Jesus Sends the 72 Men
1After this, the Lord (Jesus) chose 72
2Jesus said to them, “There are many, many people to harvest (save). But there are only a few workers to help harvest them. God owns the harvest (people). Pray to God that he will send more workers to help gather his harvest.
3You can go now. But listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves.
4Don’t carry any money, a bag, or shoes. Don’t stop to talk with people on the road.
5Before you go into a house, say, ‘Peace be with this home.’
6If a peaceful person lives there, your blessing of peace will stay with him. If the person is not peaceful, then your blessing of peace will come back to you.
7Stay in the peaceful house. Eat and drink what the people there give you. A worker should be given his pay. Don’t leave that house to stay in another house.
8If you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat the food they give you.
9Heal the sick people that live there. Then tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is soon coming to you!’
10But if you go into a town, and the people don’t welcome you, then go out into the streets of that town and say,
11‘Even the dirt (dust) from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the kingdom of God is coming soon.’
12I tell you, on the judgment day it will be worse for the people of that town than for the people of Sodom.
Jesus Warns People That Don’t Believe
(Mt. 11:20–24)
13“It will be bad for you, Chorazin
14But on the judgment day it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon.
15And you, Capernaum,
16“When a person listens to you, that person is really listening to me. But when a person refuses to accept you, that person is really refusing to accept me. And when a person refuses to accept me, he is refusing to accept the One (God) that sent me.”
Satan Falls
17When the 72
18Jesus said to the men, “I saw Satan (the devil) falling like lightning from the sky.
19Listen! I gave you power to walk on snakes and scorpions.
20Yes, the spirits obey you. And be happy. Why? Not because you have this power, but be happy because your names are written in heaven.”
Jesus Prays to the Father
(Mt. 11:25–27; 13:16–17)
21Then the Holy Spirit
22“My Father has given me all things. No person knows who the Son is—only the Father knows. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.”
23Then Jesus turned to his followers. They were there alone with him. Jesus said, “You are blessed to see the things you now see!
24I tell you, many prophets
Story About the Good Samaritan
25Then a teacher of the law stood up. He was trying to test Jesus. He said, “Teacher, what must I do to get life forever?”
26Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?”
27The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God. You must love him with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’
28Jesus said to him, “Your answer is right. Do this and you will have life forever.”
29But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, “But who are these other people I must love?”
30To answer this question, Jesus said, “A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some robbers surrounded him. They tore off his clothes and beat him. Then the robbers left the man lying there on the ground. He was almost dead.
31It happened that a Jewish priest was going down that road. When the priest saw the man, he did not stop to help him; he walked away.
32Next, a Levite
33Then a Samaritan
34The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and wine
35The next day, the Samaritan brought out two silver coins
36Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men (the priest, the Levite, or the Samaritan) do you think showed love to the man that was hurt by the robbers?”
37The teacher of the law answered, “The one that helped him.” Jesus said to him, “Then you go and do the same {for other people}!”
Mary and Martha
38While Jesus and his followers were traveling, Jesus went into a town. A woman named Martha let Jesus stay at her house.
39Martha had a sister named Mary. Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet and listening to him teach.
40But her sister Martha was busy doing all the work that had to be done. Martha went in and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are getting worried and upset about too many things.
42Only one thing is important. Mary has made the right choice; and it will never be taken away from her.”
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