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    Luke 10

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    The seventy-two are sent out like lambs among wolves with no purse, bag, or sandals—and, after being told not to greet anyone on the road, must begin every household visit with “Peace to this house.”

    Lambs, wolves, and the kingdom near at handvv. 1–24

    Jesus appoints seventy-two others and sends them in pairs ahead of Him, carrying almost nothing and wasting no time on road-side greetings. A house may receive peace, food, and healing; a town may receive the dust of its own streets wiped from the messengers’ feet. The rebukes are wonderfully severe: Sodom would have the easier day, and Tyre and Sidon would have repented had they seen what Chorazin and Bethsaida saw. Capernaum, meanwhile, is asked whether it expects to be lifted to heaven, and is told otherwise. The seventy-two return delighted that demons submit in Jesus’ name; Jesus answers with lightning, snakes, scorpions, and a quieter reason for joy. Then He rejoices in the Holy Spirit because what is hidden from the wise and learned has been revealed to little children, and tells the disciples that prophets and kings longed to see what their eyes now see.

    The neighbour on the roadvv. 25–37

    An expert in the law rises to test Jesus, then tries to justify himself with the small but potent question of who counts as a neighbour. Jesus answers with a road, robbers, a half-dead man, a priest, a Levite, and finally a Samaritan. The first two see the wounded man and pass by on the other side; the Samaritan sees him, has compassion, binds his wounds, supplies oil and wine, hires an inn, pays the innkeeper, and promises to settle any further expense. The expert supplies the answer: the one who showed mercy.

    The household argumentvv. 38–42

    Jesus enters a village, where Martha welcomes Him into her home while Mary sits at His feet listening. Martha is occupied with preparations and brings the domestic complaint plainly: her sister has left her to serve alone. Jesus does not send Mary to the kitchen. He names Martha’s worry, then says that Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.

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    1. Luke 10:1After 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. Luke 10:2And 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. Luke 10:3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

    4. Luke 10:4Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

    5. Luke 10:5Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’

    6. Luke 10:6If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.

    7. Luke 10:7Stay 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. Luke 10:8If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

    9. Luke 10:9Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’

    10. Luke 10:10But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,

    11. Luke 10:11‘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. Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

    13. Luke 10:13Woe 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. Luke 10:14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

    15. Luke 10:15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!

    16. Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

    17. Luke 10:17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”

    18. Luke 10:18So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

    19. Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.

    20. Luke 10:20Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

    21. Luke 10:21At 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. Luke 10:22All 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. Luke 10:23Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

    24. Luke 10:24For 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. Luke 10:25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

    26. Luke 10:26“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

    27. Luke 10:27He 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’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

    28. Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

    29. Luke 10:29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

    30. Luke 10:30Jesus 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. Luke 10:31Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

    32. Luke 10:32So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.

    33. Luke 10:33But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion.

    34. Luke 10:34He 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. Luke 10:35The 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. Luke 10:36Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

    37. Luke 10:37“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

    38. Luke 10:38As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

    39. Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.

    40. Luke 10:40But 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. Luke 10:41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.

    42. Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”

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    • 19Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
    • 19Mark 16:18they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
    • 19Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
    • 27Mark 12:30–31Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
    • 19Acts 28:5But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
    • 27Matthew 22:37–40Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
    • 19Revelation 11:5If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
    • 19Luke 21:17–18And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
    • 19Ezekiel 2:6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
    • 27Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
    • 19Romans 8:31–39What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 19Hebrews 13:5–6Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
    • 19Isaiah 11:8The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
    • 27Romans 13:9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
    • 27Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
    • 27Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

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