Seventy appointed -- Their instructions -- Their return -- The good Samaritan -- Mary's choice.

¹⁾After these things the LORDLord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face, into every city and place, whitherwhere he himself would come.

²⁾ThereforeAnd he said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers arelaborers few:; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourerslaborers into his harvest.

³⁾Go your ways:; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

⁴⁾Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes:; andnor salute noany man by the way.

⁵⁾And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

⁶⁾And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it:; if not, it shall turn to you again.

⁷⁾And ininto the samewhatsoever house they receive you, remain, eating and drinking such things as they give:; for the labourerlaborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

⁸⁾And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:;

⁹⁾And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

¹⁰⁾But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

¹¹⁾Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you:; notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

¹²⁾But I say unto you, thatThat it shall be more tolerable in thatthe day of judgment for Sodom, than for that city.

¹³⁾Then began he to upbraid the people in every city wherein his mighty works were done, who received him not, saying,

¹⁴⁾Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woeWoe unto thee, Bethsaida! forFor if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they hadwould a great while agohave repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴¹⁵⁾But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon atin the day of judgment, than for you.

¹⁵¹⁶⁾And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shaltshall be thrustcast down to hell.

¹⁶¹⁷⁾And he said unto his disciples, He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him thatwho sent me.

¹⁷¹⁸⁾And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject untoto us through thy name.

¹⁸¹⁹⁾And he said unto them, As lightning falleth from heaven, I beheld Satan asalso lightning fall from heavenfalling.

¹⁹²⁰⁾Behold, I will give unto you power to tread onover serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy:; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

²⁰²¹⁾Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

²¹²²⁾In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from thethem who think they are wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes:; even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

²²²³⁾All things are delivered to me of my Father:; and no man knoweth whothat the Son is, but the Father;, and who the Father is, but the Son, andbut hehim to whom the Son will reveal himit.

²³²⁴⁾And he turned him unto histhe disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:.

²⁴²⁵⁾For I tell you, thatThat many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

²⁵²⁶⁾And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

²⁶²⁷⁾He said unto him, What is written in the law? howHow readest thou?

²⁷²⁸⁾And he answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbourneighbor as thyself.

²⁸²⁹⁾And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right:; this do, and thou shalt live.

²⁹³⁰⁾But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, Andand who is my neighbourneighbor?

³⁰³¹⁾And Jesus answering, said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, whichwho stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

³¹³²⁾And by chance, there came down a certain priest that way:; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side of the way.

³²³³⁾And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked onupon him, and passed by on the other side of the way; for they desired in their hearts that it might not be known that they had seen him.

³³³⁴⁾But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,.

³⁴³⁵⁾And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

³⁵³⁶⁾And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pencemoney, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him;, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

³⁶³⁷⁾WhichWho now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbourneighbor unto him thatwho fell among the thieves?

³⁷³⁸⁾And he said, He thatwho shewedshowed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

³⁸³⁹⁾Now it came to pass, as they went, that hethey entered into a certain village:; and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

³⁹⁴⁰⁾And she had a sister, called Mary, whichwho also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his wordwords.

⁴⁰⁴¹⁾But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bidBid her therefore that she help me.

⁴¹⁴²⁾And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:;

⁴²⁴³⁾But one thing is needful:; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.