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Luke 10:1

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he ° himself would come.

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Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

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Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among ° wolves.

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Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

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

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

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And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

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

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

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

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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.

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But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

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Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in ° sackcloth and ashes.

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But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

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And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

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He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

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

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And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

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

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

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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 the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

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All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

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

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For I tell you, that 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.

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

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He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

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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 neighbour as thyself.

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

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But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

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

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

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And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

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

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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.

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And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, 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.

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Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?

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And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

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

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And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

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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? bid her therefore that she help me.

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

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

Luke 10:1

10:1 other seventy also. The parallel accounts in Matthew 10:5-15 and Mark 6:7-13 indicate that only the twelve disciples were sent on this mission, with no mention of the “other seventy.” It was possibly a different mission. In any case, this indicates that by this time Jesus had many disciples following Him in addition to the twelve, and He was concerned with training and using them as well. Possibly He selected seventy of them as symbolic of the “seventy elders” of Israel (Exodus 24:1), just as the twelve apostles similarly represented the twelve tribes.

Luke 10:2

10:2 labourers are few. Even with the additional seventy, the laborers were few in comparison to the multitudes in “every city and place” where He wanted to come. It has remained so ever since, and He would still exhort us to pray for more to labor in the great world field.

Luke 10:7

10:7 worthy of his hire. This statement is quoted by Paul in I Timothy 5:18, the only place where a New Testament writer quotes another New Testament passage as “Scripture.” This gives incidental confirmation of the New Testament—Luke in particular—as being on a par with the Old Testament Scriptures.

Luke 10:14

10:14 more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon. There are degrees of punishment awaiting the lost, as well as degrees of rewards for the saved. See notes on Luke 12:47-48 and Matthew 10:15.

Luke 10:17

10:17 even the devils. The “devils” (i.e., demons, or evil spirits) were evidently especially active while Christ was on earth, at least in Israel, and God took special measures against them, in response to prayer in the name of His Son, who had come to destroy the works of Satan (Hebrews 2:14).

Luke 10:18

10:18 fall from heaven. This vision received by Christ was both a retrospective assurance that Satan had already been cast out of heaven because “iniquity was found” in him (Ezekiel 28:15,17) and also the renewed promise that he will eventually be cast completely out of any access to God at all (Revelation 12:7-10) and ultimately down to his eternal fate in hell (Isaiah 14:12-15; Revelation 20:10). The power of His disciples over the spirits was a token of this.

Luke 10:19

10:19 serpents and scorpions. Serpents and scorpions have always symbolized the devil, and God has promised that Christ will ultimately crush him (Genesis 3:15). Thus, in His name, the followers of Christ can also be delivered spiritually from Satan’s venom and crush his power over their lives (Psalm 91:13; Romans 16:20).

Luke 10:20

10:20 rejoice not. The miraculous signs accompanying the seventy on this mission, as well as on the apostles and others in the early church, were a special and temporary privilege, given for a special purpose (I Corinthians 13:8), not to be compared at all to the far greater and everlasting gift of salvation.

Luke 10:29

10:29 who is my neighbour. The famous parable of the good Samaritan, given in response to this question, yields the following answer: my “neighbour” is anyone who has a special need that I am able to meet and who is brought to my particular attention by crossing my path.

Luke 10:35

10:35 pence. That is, “pennies.” See note on Matthew 20:10.

Luke 10:42

10:42 that good part. Today, we can only sit at Jesus’ feet and hear His word by reading and meditating on the Scriptures. Important as our daily responsibilities may be to meet our material needs, we should somehow make time for this “good part.” The Lord assures us that, if this is our desire, He will provide the time, as He did with Mary.

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