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Jesus Sends Out 72 of His Followers

¹After this, the Lord chose 72a more followers. He sent them out in groups of two. He sent them ahead of him into every town and place where he planned to go. ²He said to them, "There is such a big harvest of people to bring in. But there are only a few workers to help harvest them. God owns the harvest. Ask him to send more workers to help bring in his harvest.
³"You can go now. But listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. ⁴Don't carry any money, a bag, or sandals. Don't stop to talk with people on the road. ⁵Before you go into a house, say, 'Peace be with this home.' ⁶If the people living there love peace, your blessing of peace will stay with them. But if not, your blessing of peace will come back to you. ⁷Stay in the peace-loving house. Eat and drink what the people there give you. A worker should be given his pay. Don't leave that house to stay in another house.
⁸"If you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat the food they give you. ⁹Heal the sick people who live there, and tell them, 'God's kingdomb is now very near youc!'
¹⁰"But if you go into a town and the people don't welcome you, then go out into the streets of that town and say, ¹¹'Even the dirt from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that God's kingdom is coming soon.' ¹²I tell you, on the judgment day it will be worse for the people of that town than for the people of Sodomd.

Jesus Warns People Who Refuse to Believe(Mt. 11:20-24) ¹³"It will be bad for you, Chorazine! It will be bad for you, Bethsaidaf! I did many miraclesg in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyreh and Sidoni, then the people in those cities would have changed their lives and stopped sinning a long time ago. They would have worn sackclothj and sat in ashes to show that they were sorry for their sins. ¹⁴But on the judgment day it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon. ¹⁵And you, Capernaumk, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the place of death!
¹⁶"When anyone listens to you my followers, they are really listening to me. But when anyone refuses to accept you, they are really refusing to accept me. And when anyone refuses to accept me, they are refusing to accept the one who sent me."

Satan Falls ¹⁷When the 72 followers came back from their trip, they were very happy. They said, "Lord, even the demonsl obeyed us when we used your name!"
¹⁸Jesus said to them, "I saw Satanm falling like lightning from the sky. ¹⁹He is the enemy, but know that I have given you more power than he has. I have given you power to crush his snakes and scorpions under your feet. Nothing will hurt you. ²⁰Yes, even the spirits obey you. And you can be happy, not because you have this power, but because your names are written in heaven."

Jesus Prays to the Father(Mt. 11:25-27; 13:16-17) ²¹Then the Holy Spiritn made Jesus feel very happy. Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I am thankful that you have hidden these things from those who are so wise and so smart. But you have shown them to people who are like little children. Yes, Father, you did this because it's what you really wanted to do.
²²"My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is - only the Father knows. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people who will know about the Father are those the Son chooses to tell."
²³Then Jesus turned to his followers. They were there alone with him. He said, "It is a great blessing for you to see what you now see! ²⁴I tell you, many prophetso and kings wanted to see what you now see, but they could not. And they wanted to hear what you now hear, but they could not."

A Story About the Good Samaritan ²⁵Then an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. He said, "Teacher, what must I do to get eternal life?"
²⁶Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?"
²⁷The man answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.'p Also, 'Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.'"q
²⁸Jesus said, "Your answer is right. Do this and you will have eternal life."
²⁹But the man wanted to show that the way he was living was right. So he said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbor?"
³⁰To answer this question, Jesus said, "A man was going down the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Some robbers surrounded him, tore off his clothes, and beat him. Then they left him lying there on the ground almost dead.
³¹"It happened that a Jewish priest was going down that road. When he saw the man, he did not stop to help him. He walked away. ³²Next, a Leviter came near. He saw the hurt man, but he went around him. He would not stop to help him either. He just walked away.
³³"Then a Samaritans man traveled down that road. He came to the place where the hurt man was lying. He saw the man and felt very sorry for him. ³⁴The Samaritan went to him and poured olive oil and winet on his wounds. Then he covered the man's wounds with cloth. The Samaritan had a donkey. He put the hurt man on his donkey, and he took him to an inn. There he cared for him. ³⁵The next day, the Samaritan took out two silver coinsu and gave them to the man who worked at the inn. He said, 'Take care of this hurt man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.'"
³⁶Then Jesus said, "Which one of these three men do you think was really a neighbor to the man who was hurt by the robbers?"
³⁷The teacher of the law answered, "The one who helped him."
Jesus said, "Then you go and do the same."

Mary and Martha ³⁸While Jesus and his followers were traveling, he went into a town, and a woman named Martha let him stay at her house. ³⁹She had a sister named Mary. Mary was sitting at Jesus' feet and listening to him teach. ⁴⁰But her sister Martha was busy doing all the work that had to be done. Martha went in and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"
⁴¹But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are getting worried and upset about too many things. ⁴²Only one thing is important. Mary has made the right choice, and it will never be taken away from her."

^a10:1 72 Some Greek copies say 70. Also in verse 17.
^bGod’s kingdom The “reign” or “rule” of God over all people who submit to him by accepting Jesus as the Messiah (the appointed king), who represents God’s kingdom on earth. Jesus was the perfect example of submission to the will of God. When people give control of their lives to Jesus, they become part of God’s kingdom and begin to enjoy the blessings he has promised his people from the beginning. (Note that in Matthew this term also translates the Greek word “kingdom” by itself or the phrase, “the kingdom of the heavens,” which was used by Jews as a way to avoid saying the divine name.)
^c10:9 is now very near you Or “is coming to you soon” or “has come to you.”
^dSodom A city that God destroyed, together with the city of Gomorrah, because the people living there were so evil. See Gen. 19.
^eChorazin A town by Lake Galilee that Jesus visited during his teaching ministry and where he performed many miracles.
^fBethsaida A town by Lake Galilee that Jesus visited during his teaching ministry and where he performed many miracles.
^gmiracle An amazing act done by the power of God.
^hTyre A non-Jewish city on the coast of Phoenicia (modern Lebanon).
ⁱSidon A non-Jewish city on the coast of Phoenicia (modern Lebanon).
^jsackcloth A rough cloth made from animal hair that people sometimes wore to show sadness.
^kCapernaum A town on the northern shore of Lake Galilee where Jesus often spent time and taught.
^ldemon An evil spirit from the devil.
^mSatan A name for the devil meaning “the enemy,” or “the accuser.”
ⁿHoly Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. In union with God and Christ, he does God’s work among people in the world.
^oprophet A person who speaks a message from God. Many of the books in the Old Testament are messages spoken or written by “the prophets,” who were some of those God chose to speak for him. God often used dreams or visions to tell or show his prophets what they should say.
^p10:27 Quote from Deut. 6:5.
^q10:27 Quote from Lev. 19:18.
^rLevite Any of the men from the tribe of Levi, who helped the Israelite priests in the Holy Tent (Tabernacle) and Temple. In later periods some Levites worked for the civil government.
^sSamaritans During New Testament times, the people who lived in Samaria, the region north of Judea. They were part Jewish and followed the Law of Moses, but the Jews of Judea did not accept them as pure descendants of Israel.
^t10:34 olive oil and wine These were used like medicine to soften and clean wounds.
^usilver coin Or “denarius,” a Roman coin that was worth the average pay for one day’s work.