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Themes in Luke 10
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Themes in Luke 10

Luke 10:1

After this, the Master appointed seventy-two other disciples, and sent them on as his Messengers, two and two, in advance, to every town and place that he was himself intending to visit.

Luke 10:2

"The harvest," he said, "is abundant, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the Owner of the harvest to send laborers to gather in his harvest.

Luke 10:3

Now, go. Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:4

Do not take a purse with you, or a bag, or sandals; and do not stop to greet any one on your journey.

Luke 10:5

Whatever house you go to stay at, begin by praying for a blessing on it.

Luke 10:6

Then, if any one there is deserving of a blessing, your blessing will rest upon him; but if not, it will come back upon yourselves.

Luke 10:7

Remain at that same house, and eat and drink whatever they offer you; for the worker is worth his wages. Do not keep changing from one house to another.

Luke 10:8

Whatever town you visit, if the people welcome you, eat what is set before you;

Luke 10:9

Cure the sick there, and tell people 'The Kingdom of God is close at hand.

Luke 10:10

But, whatever town you go to visit, if the people do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say

Luke 10:11

'We wipe off the very dust of your town which has clung to Our feet; still, be assured that the Kingdom of God is close at Hand.'

Luke 10:12

I tell you that the doom of Sodom will be more bearable on 'That Day' than the doom of that town.

Luke 10:13

Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For, if the Miracles which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have sat in sackcloth and ashes and repented long ago.

Luke 10:14

Yet the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable at the Judgment than yours.

Luke 10:15

And you, Capernaum! Will you 'exalt yourself to heaven'? 'You shall go down to the Place of Death.'

Luke 10:16

He who listens to you is listening to me, and he who rejects you is rejecting me; while he who rejects me is rejecting him who sent me as his Messenger."

Luke 10:17

When the seventy-two returned, they exclaimed joyfully: "Master, even the demons submit to us when we use your name."

Luke 10:18

And Jesus replied: "I have had visions of Satan, fallen, like lightning from the heavens.

Luke 10:19

Remember, I have given you the power to 'trample upon serpents and scorpions,' and to meet all the strength of the Enemy. Nothing shall ever harm you in any way.

Luke 10:20

Yet do not rejoice in the fact that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names have been enrolled in Heaven."

Luke 10:21

At that same time, moved to exultation by the Holy Spirit, Jesus said: "I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that, though thou hast hidden these things from the wise and learned, thou hast revealed them to the childlike! Yes, Father, I thank thee that this has seemed good to thee.

Luke 10:22

Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does any one know who the Son is, except the Father, or who the Father is, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him."

Luke 10:23

Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said to them alone: "Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing;

Luke 10:24

For, I tell you, many Prophets and Kings wished for the sight of the things which you are seeing, yet never heard them."

Luke 10:25

Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?"

Luke 10:26

"What is said in the Law?" answered Jesus. "What do you read there?"

Luke 10:27

His reply was--"'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 neighbor as thou dost thyself.'"

Luke 10:28

"You have answered right," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."

Luke 10:29

But the man, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus: "And who is my neighbor?"

Luke 10:30

To which Jesus replied: "A man was once going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him of everything, and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:31

As it chanced, a priest was going down by that road. He saw the man, but passed by on the opposite side.

Luke 10:32

A Levite, too, did the same; he came up to the spot, but, when he saw the man, passed by on the opposite side.

Luke 10:33

But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.

Luke 10:34

He went to him and bound up his wounds, dressing them with oil and wine, and then put him on his own mule, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Luke 10:35

The next day he took out four shillings and gave them to the inn-keeper. 'Take care of him,' he said, 'and whatever more you may spend I will myself repay you on my way back.'

Luke 10:36

Now which, do you think, of these three men," asked Jesus, "proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

Luke 10:37

"The one that took pity on him," was the answer; on which Jesus said: "Go and do the same yourself."

Luke 10:38

As they continued their journey, Jesus came to a village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.

Luke 10:39

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Master's feet, and listened to his teaching;

Luke 10:40

But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that she was making. So she went up to Jesus and said: "Master, do you approve of my sister's leaving me to make preparations alone? Tell her to help me."

Luke 10:41

"Martha, Martha," replied the Master, "you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things;

Luke 10:42

But only a few are necessary, or rather one. Mary has chosen the good part, and it shall not be taken away from her."
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