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Ask the Lord in charge of the harvest to send out workers to bring it in. </span><span class="v42_10_3"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.3" class="v42_10_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Now go, but remember, I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. </span><span class="v42_10_4"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.4" class="v42_10_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Don't take along a moneybag or a traveling bag or sandals. And don't waste time greeting people on the road.<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_10_5"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.5" class="v42_10_5">5</span>As soon as you enter a home, say, “God bless this home with peace.” </span><span class="v42_10_6"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.6" class="v42_10_6">6</span>If the people living there are peace-loving, your prayer for peace will bless them. But if they are not peace-loving, your prayer will return to you. </span><span class="v42_10_7"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.7" class="v42_10_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they give you, because workers are worth what they earn. Don't move around from house to house.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_8"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.8" class="v42_10_8">8</span>If the people of a town welcome you, eat whatever they offer. </span><span class="v42_10_9"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.9" class="v42_10_9">9</span>Heal their sick and say, “God's kingdom will soon be here!”<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_10"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.10" class="v42_10_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But if the people of a town refuse to welcome you, go out into the street and say, </span><span class="v42_10_11"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.11" class="v42_10_11">11</span>“We are shaking the dust from our feet<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> as a warning to you. And you can be sure that God's kingdom will soon be here!”<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.11!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_10_12"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.12" class="v42_10_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than the people of that town!</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Unbelieving Towns</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 11:20-24">Matthew 11.20-24</ref>)</h5><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_13"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.13" class="v42_10_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are also in for trouble! If the miracles that took place in your towns had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.13!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v42_10_14"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.14" class="v42_10_14">14</span>On the day of judgment the people of Tyre and Sidon will get off easier than you will. </span><span class="v42_10_15"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.15" class="v42_10_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> People of Capernaum, do you think you will be honored in heaven? Well, you will go down to hell!</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_16"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.16" class="v42_10_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> My followers, whoever listens to you is listening to me. Anyone who says “No” to you is saying “No” to me. And anyone who says “No” to me is really saying “No” to the one who sent me.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Return of the Seventy-Two</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_17"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.17" class="v42_10_17">17</span>When the 72<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> followers returned, they were excited and said, “Lord, even the demons obeyed when we spoke in your name!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_18"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.18" class="v42_10_18">18</span>Jesus told them:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_18">I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. </span><span class="v42_10_19"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.19" class="v42_10_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I have given you the power to trample on snakes and scorpions and to defeat the power of your enemy Satan. Nothing can harm you. </span><span class="v42_10_20"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.20" class="v42_10_20">20</span>But don't be happy because evil spirits obey you. Be happy that your names are written in heaven!</span></p><h3 class="s1">Jesus Thanks His Father</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 11:25-27">Matthew 11.25-27</ref>; <ref loc="MAT 13:16">13.16</ref>,<ref loc="MAT 13:17">17</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_21"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.21" class="v42_10_21">21</span>At that same time, Jesus felt the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit,<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and he said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_21">My Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wise and educated people and showed it to ordinary people. Yes, Father, this is what pleased you.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_22"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.22" class="v42_10_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who really knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so they can know him too.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_23"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.23" class="v42_10_23">23</span>Jesus then turned to his disciples and said to them in private, “You are really blessed to see what you see! </span><span class="v42_10_24"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.24" class="v42_10_24">24</span>Many prophets and kings were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you they did not see or hear.”</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Good Samaritan</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_25"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.25" class="v42_10_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> An expert in the Law of Moses stood up and asked Jesus a question to see what he would say. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to have eternal life?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_26"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.26" class="v42_10_26">26</span>Jesus answered, “What is written in the Scriptures? How do you understand them?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_27"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.27" class="v42_10_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The man replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind.’ They also say, ‘Love your neighbors as much as you love yourself.’ ”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_28"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.28" class="v42_10_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Jesus said, “You have given the right answer. If you do this, you will have eternal life.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_29"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.29" class="v42_10_29">29</span>But the man wanted to show that he knew what he was talking about. So he asked Jesus, “Who are my neighbors?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_30"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.30" class="v42_10_30">30</span>Jesus replied:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_30">As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, robbers attacked him and grabbed everything he had. They beat him up and ran off, leaving him half dead.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_31"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.31" class="v42_10_31">31</span>A priest happened to be going down the same road. But when he saw the man, he walked by on the other side. </span><span class="v42_10_32"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.32" class="v42_10_32">32</span>Later a temple helper<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.32!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> came to the same place. But when he saw the man who had been beaten up, he also went by on the other side.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v42_10_33"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.33" class="v42_10_33">33</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.33!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> A man from Samaria then came traveling along that road. When he saw the man, he felt sorry for him </span><span class="v42_10_34"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.34" class="v42_10_34">34</span>and went over to him. He treated his wounds with olive oil and wine<a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.34!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and bandaged them. Then he put him on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him. </span><span class="v42_10_35"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.35" class="v42_10_35">35</span>The next morning he gave the innkeeper two silver coins and said, “Please take care of the man. If you spend more than this on him, I will pay you when I return.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_36"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.36" class="v42_10_36">36</span>Then Jesus asked, “Which one of these three people was a real neighbor to the man who was beaten up by robbers?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_37"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.37" class="v42_10_37">37</span>The expert in the Law of Moses answered, “The one who showed pity.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_37">Jesus said, “Go and do the same!”</span></p><h3 class="s1">Martha and Mary</h3><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_38"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.38" class="v42_10_38">38</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Luke.10.38!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The Lord and his disciples were traveling along and came to a village. When they got there, a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. </span><span class="v42_10_39"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.39" class="v42_10_39">39</span>She had a sister named Mary, who sat down in front of the Lord and was listening to what he said. </span><span class="v42_10_40"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.40" class="v42_10_40">40</span>Martha was worried about all that had to be done. Finally, she went to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn't it bother you that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v42_10_41"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.41" class="v42_10_41">41</span>The Lord answered, “Martha, Martha! You are worried and upset about so many things, </span><span class="v42_10_42"><span class="reftext" id="Luke.10.42" class="v42_10_42">42</span>but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen what is best, and it will not be taken away from her.”</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">72: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts have “70.” According to Jewish tradition, there were 70 nations on earth. But the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament has “72” in place of “70.” Jesus probably chose this number of followers to show that his message was for everyone in the world.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">waste time greeting people on the road: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In those days a polite greeting could take a long time.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">will soon be here: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “is already here.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">shaking the dust from our feet: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This was a way of showing rejection.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">will soon be here: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “is already here.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">dressed in sackcloth … ashes on their heads: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This was one way that people showed how sorry they were for their sins.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">72: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 10.1.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.21 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the Holy Spirit: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts have “his spirit.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.32 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">temple helper: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A man from the tribe of Levi, whose job it was to work around the temple.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.34 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">olive oil and wine: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In New Testament times these were used as medicine. 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