1 ARST After that, Jesus appointed 72 other disciples{ to go and prepare people to hear him}. He sent them out in pairs to go ahead of him to every town and village where he was intending to go himself. BSB BSB: After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
2 ARST He said to them,“Many people are ready to believe in me, but there are only a few of you whom I can send out to help them. So pray to God{, who wants all of those people to believe,} and plead with him for more disciples who can go and help them. BSB BSB: And He 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.
3 ARST Go now, but remember that I am sending you out to tell my message to people who will be hostile to you. BSB BSB: Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
4 ARST Do not bring along any money. Do not bring{ a lot of things with you in} a pack. Do not bring{ extra shoes}. Do not{ stop and} talk with people along the way. BSB BSB: Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
5 ARST Whenever you enter a house, first say to the people who live there,‘May God bless everyone in this house with peace!’ BSB BSB: Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
7 ARST Stay in that same house until you leave that village. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you, because a worker deserves to receive payment for his work. BSB BSB: Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
8 ARST If you enter any town and the people there welcome you, eat whatever food they provide for you. BSB BSB: If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.
9 ARST Heal the people in that city who are sick. Tell everyone,‘You are seeing close up what it will be like when God rules everywhere as king.’ BSB BSB: Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’
10 ARST But if you enter any town and the people there do not welcome you, go into its main streets and say, BSB BSB: But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,
11 ARST ‘{ As a warning} against you, we will wipe off even the dust that sticks to our feet{ as we are leaving your town}. But you must realize that you have seen close up what it will be like when God rules everywhere as king!’ BSB BSB: ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
12 ARST I want you to know that at the time when God judges everyone, God will punish the people of that town even more severely than the wicked people who lived long ago in the city of Sodom! BSB BSB: I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
13 ARST How terrible it will be for you people who live in the cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida! I say this because I did great miracles while I was in your cities. If I had performed those same miracles in{ the ancient cities of} Tyre and Sidon, the{ wicked} people who lived there would have been very sorry for their sins. They would have shown this by sitting on the ground wearing coarse clothing and putting ashes on their heads. BSB BSB: 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.
14 ARST So when God judges everyone, he will punish you more severely than the wicked people who lived in Tyre and Sidon. BSB BSB: But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
15 ARST I also have something to say to you people who live in the town of Capernaum. You may think that God is going to give you great rewards. No, God is not going to reward you at all!” BSB BSB: And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!
16 ARST { Jesus also said to the disciples,}“Whoever listens to your message is{, in effect,} listening to me. Whoever rejects your message is{, in effect,} rejecting me. And whoever rejects me is{, in effect,} rejecting God who sent me.” BSB BSB: Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
17 ARST The 72 people whom Jesus appointed{ went and did what he told them to do.} When they returned, they were very joyful. They said,“Lord, even the demons obeyed us when, by your authority, we commanded them to leave people!” BSB BSB: The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
18 ARST Jesus told them,“{ While you were away doing that,} I saw Satan lose a position of advantage as suddenly and quickly as lightning comes down! BSB BSB: So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19 ARST Listen! I have given you the power to defeat evil spirits. I have even given you enough power to defeat our enemy, Satan. Nothing will hurt you at all. BSB BSB: Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
20 ARST But do not{ only} rejoice that the evil spirits must obey you. You should rejoice{ even more} that God has written your names in heaven{, because that means you will be with God forever}.” BSB BSB: Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
21 ARST Right then, the Holy Spirit gave Jesus great joy. He said,“God my Father, you are Lord over everything in heaven and on earth. I praise you that you have prevented people who think they are smart from understanding things. Instead, you have revealed them to people who accept your truth as readily as little children do. Yes, Father, you have done that because it pleased you to do so. BSB BSB: At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “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 was well-pleasing in Your sight.
22 ARST God, my Father, has given everything to me. Only my Father really knows me, his Son. And only I, his Son, really know my Father. But I do choose to show some people who he is.” BSB BSB: All things have been entrusted 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.”
23 ARST Then Jesus said, just to his disciples,“God has given you a great gift by letting you see the things that I am doing! BSB BSB: Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
24 ARST I want you to know that many prophets and kings would have liked to see the things that you are seeing me do. But they did not get to see them{, because they lived long ago}. They would have liked to hear the things that you have been hearing me say. But they did not get to hear them{, because they lived long ago}.” BSB BSB: For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
25 ARST A man who taught Jewish laws was there. He wanted to test Jesus{ by asking him a difficult question}. So he stood up and asked,“Teacher, what do I have to do in order to live with God forever?” BSB BSB: One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 ARST Jesus said to him,“You have read what Moses wrote in the laws that God gave him. What do those laws say?” BSB BSB: “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
27 ARST The man replied,“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.” BSB BSB: He 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’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 ARST Jesus told him,“You have answered correctly. If you do all that, you will live{ with God forever}.” BSB BSB: “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
29 ARST But the man wanted to show that God would approve of him. So he said to Jesus,“Which people are my neighbors{ whom I should love}?” BSB BSB: But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 ARST Jesus replied,“One day, a Jewish man was traveling along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some bandits attacked him. They took away most of the man’ s clothes and everything else that he had. They beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him there. BSB BSB: Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 ARST It happened that a{ Jewish} priest was going along that road. When he saw that man,{ instead of helping him,} he passed by on the other side of the road. BSB BSB: Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 ARST Similarly, a Levite{ who worked in God’ s temple} also came to that place and saw the man. But he too passed by on the other side of the road. BSB BSB: So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
33 ARST Then a man from the region of Samaria came along that road to where the man was lying. When he saw that man, he pitied him. BSB BSB: But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
34 ARST He went over to him and put some olive oil and wine on his wounds{ to help heal them}. He wrapped strips of cloth around the wounds. Then he put the man on his own donkey and brought him to an inn and took care of him. BSB BSB: He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 ARST The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said,‘Take care of this man. If you need to spend more than this amount to care for him, I will pay you back when I return.’” BSB BSB: The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’
36 ARST { Then Jesus asked,}“Three people found the man whom the bandits had attacked. Which one of them would you say was a true neighbor to that man?” BSB BSB: Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 ARST The teacher of the law replied,“The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him,“{ That is correct.} So you should go and act like that toward anyone who needs your help.” BSB BSB: “The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
39 ARST Her sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus’ feet and listened to what he was teaching. BSB BSB: She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
40 ARST But Martha was worrying about preparing the meal for all of them. She went to Jesus and said,“Lord, my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself. You must know that is not fair. Please tell her to help me!” BSB BSB: But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”
41 ARST But Jesus replied to her,“Martha, Martha, you are very worried about many things. BSB BSB: “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
42 ARST But the one thing that is really important{ is to listen to what I am teaching}. Because Mary has chosen the best thing to do, I will not tell her to do something else.” BSB BSB: But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”