1 After this the Lord designated seventy others as well and sent them out in pairs ahead of him to every town and place he himself was going to visit.
2 He said to them, "The harvest is large, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.
3 Go now; look, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
4 Do not carry a money bag, a pack, or sandals, and do not stop to greet anyone on the road.
5 Whatever house you go into, say first, 'Peace to this household.'
6 If the son of peace is there, your peace will come to rest on him; if not, it will come back to you.
7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not keep moving from one house to another.
8 Whenever you go into a town and they welcome you, eat what they serve you,
9 heal the sick in it, and tell them, 'The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.'
10 But whenever you go into a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say,
11 'Even the dust of your town that sticks to us we wipe off as a sign against you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God has drawn near to you.'
12 I tell you, on that day it will be more bearable for Sodom than for that town.
13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 Yet at the judgment it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, lifted up to heaven, you will be thrust down to Hades.
16 Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
17 The seventy came back full of joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!"
18 He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.
19 See, I am giving you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all will hurt you.
20 But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits submit to you; rejoice instead that your names have been written in heaven."
21 At that very hour Jesus was filled with joy in spirit and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have concealed these things from the wise and intelligent and made them known to little children. Yes, Father, because this is what pleased you.
22 Everything has been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is but the Father, or who the Father is but the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
23 Turning to the disciples, he said to them privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing.
24 For I tell you, 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."
25 Just then an expert in the law stood up to put him to the test: "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26 He said to him, "What stands written in the law? What do you read there?"
27 He answered, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"
28 Jesus said to him, "Your answer is correct. Do this, and you will live."
29 But wishing to justify himself, he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30 Taking up the question, Jesus said: "A man was on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went off, leaving him half dead.
31 As it happened, a priest was going down by that road; he saw him and went past on the opposite side.
32 In the same way a Levite too came to the spot, saw him, and went past on the opposite side.
33 But a Samaritan who was traveling came upon him, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity.
34 He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, took him to an inn, and looked after him.
35 The next day, as he was leaving, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Look after him, and whatever extra you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'
36 So which of these three, in your view, became a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"
37 He said, "The one who showed him mercy." Jesus told him, "Go and do the same yourself."
38 As they went on their way, he came into a village, and a woman named Martha received him as a guest in her house.
39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at Jesus' feet and kept listening to what he was saying.
40 Martha, though, was pulled away by all the serving. She came to him and said, "Lord, does it not matter to you that my sister has left me to do the serving by myself? Tell her, then, to give me a hand."
41 Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset over many things,
42 but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken from her."