Luke 9:51-10:24

English Standard Version

A Samaritan Village Rejects Jesus

⁵¹ When the days drew near for ^(A)him to be taken up, ^(B)he set his face ^(C)to go to Jerusalem. ⁵² And ^(D)he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of ^(E)the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. ⁵³ But ^(F)the people did not receive him, because ^(G)his face was set toward Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell ^(H)fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”^{[a] 55} But he turned and rebuked them.^{[b] 56} And they went on to another village.

The Cost of Following Jesus

⁵⁷ As they were going ^(I)along the road, ^(J)someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” ⁵⁸ And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” ⁵⁹ To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” ⁶⁰ And Jesus^[c] said to him, “Leave ^(K)the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and ^(L)proclaim the kingdom of God.” ⁶¹ Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, ^(M)but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” ⁶² Jesus said to him, ^(N)“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

10 After this the Lord appointed ^(O)seventy-two^[d] others and ^(P)sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. ^2 (Q)And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^(R)Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. ³ Go your way; ^(S)behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. ^4 (T)Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ^(U)greet no one on the road. ⁵ Whatever house you enter, first say, ^(V)‘Peace be to this house!’ ⁶ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, ^(W)it will return to you. ⁷ And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ^(X)the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. ⁸ Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. ⁹ Heal the sick in it and say to them, ^(Y)‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰ But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ^11 (Z)‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that ^(AA)the kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹² I tell you, ^(AB)it will be more bearable on ^(AC)that day for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

^13 (AD)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ^(AE)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ^14 (AF)But it will be more bearable in the judgment for ^(AG)Tyre and Sidon than for you. ¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, ^(AH)will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to ^(AI)Hades.

^16 (AJ)“The one who hears you hears me, and ^(AK)the one who rejects you rejects me, and ^(AL)the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

The Return of the Seventy-Two

^17 (AM)The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, ^(AN)even the demons are subject to us in your name!” ¹⁸ And he said to them, ^(AO)“I saw Satan ^(AP)fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority ^(AQ)to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^(AR)the enemy, and ^(AS)nothing shall hurt you. ^20 (AT)Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^(AU)your names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices in the Father's Will

^21 (AV)In that same hour ^(AW)he rejoiced ^(AX)in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, ^(AY)Lord of heaven and earth, that ^(AZ)you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^(BA)revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for ^(BB)such was your gracious will.^{[e] 22 (BC)}All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is ^(BD)except the Father, or who the Father is ^(BE)except the Son and anyone ^(BF)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

²³ Then turning to the disciples he said privately, ^(BG)“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! ²⁴ For I tell you ^(BH)that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”