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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Luke 10 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Luke 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/9.htm" title="Luke 9">◄</a> Luke 10 <a href="../luke/11.htm" title="Luke 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/luke/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Jesus Sends Out His Disciples</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The Lord now chose seventy-two<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>These were his instructions to them: <span class="red">“The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">Don’t take any money with you, nor a traveler’s bag, nor an extra pair of sandals. And don’t stop to greet anyone on the road.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">“Whenever you enter someone’s home, first say, ‘May God’s peace be on this house.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">If those who live there are peaceful, the blessing will stand; if they are not, the blessing will return to you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">“If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">Heal the sick, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is near you now.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">But if a town refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. And know this—the Kingdom of God is near!’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">Yes, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then he said to the disciples, <span class="red">“Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, “Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">“Yes,”</span> he told them, <span class="red">“I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.”</span></p><p class="hdg">Jesus’ Prayer of Thanksgiving</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and he said, <span class="red">“O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">“My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then when they were alone, he turned to the disciples and said, <span class="red">“Blessed are the eyes that see what you have seen.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.”</span></p><p class="hdg">The Most Important Commandment</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The man answered, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">“Right!”</span> Jesus told him. <span class="red">“Do this and you will live!”</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”</p><p class="hdg">Parable of the Good Samaritan</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Jesus replied with a story: <span class="red">“A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead beside the road.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">“By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">A Temple assistant<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side.</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="red">“Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he felt compassion for him.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">The next day he handed the innkeeper two silver coins,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> telling him, ‘Take care of this man. If his bill runs higher than this, I’ll pay you the next time I’m here.’</span></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">“Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by bandits?”</span> Jesus asked.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>The man replied, “The one who showed him mercy.”</p><p class="reg">Then Jesus said, <span class="red">“Yes, now go and do the same.”</span></p><p class="hdg">Jesus Visits Martha and Mary</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>But the Lord said to her, <span class="red">“My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="red">There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts read </span><span class="it">seventy;</span><span class="ft"> also in 10:17.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">to Hades.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:27 </span><span class="ft">Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:32 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">A Levite.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:35 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">two denarii.</span><span class="ft"> A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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