10 Baada ya hayo, Yesu akawachagua wafuasi wengine sabini na wawili akawatuma wawili wawili katika kila mji na kila sehemu aliyokusudia kwenda. Akawaambia, “Mavuno ni mengi lakini wafanya kazi ni wachache, kwa hiyo mwombeni Bwana wa mavuno awapeleke wavunaji zaidi katika shamba lake. Haya, nendeni. Ninawatuma kama kondoo kati ya mbwa mwitu. Msichukue mkoba wala mfuko, wala viatu; na msipoteze muda kumsalimu mtu ye yote njiani. Mkiingia nyumba yo yote kwanza semeni, ‘Amani iwe kwenu.’ Kama aishiye humo ni mwenye kupenda amani basi baraka hiyo itakaa naye, la sivyo, itawarudia. Kaeni katika nyumba hiyo mkila na kunywa kile watakachowapa kwa sababu kila mfany akazi anastahili kulipwa mshahara. Msihamehame kutoka nyumba hadi nyumba. Mkienda katika mji mkapokelewa: kuleni mtakachoandal iwa; waponyeni wagonjwa na waambieni: ‘Ufalme wa Mungu umekuja karibu yenu.’

10 “Lakini mkiingia katika mji msikaribishwe, nendeni katika mitaa yake mkaseme: 11 ‘Hata mavumbi ya mji wenu yaliyoko miguuni mwetu tunayakung’uta juu yenu; lakini fahamuni ya kwamba Ufalme wa Mungu umekuja karibu yenu!’ 12 “Nawahakikishia kwamba siku ile Mungu atakapouhukumu ulimwengu adhabu ya Sodoma itakuwa nafuu kuliko ya mji huo! 13 Ole wenu watu wa Korazini na wa Bethsaida! Kwa maana kama miujiza iliyofanyika kwenu ingalifany ika Tiro na Sidoni watu wa huko wangalitubu zamani, wakivaa magu nia na kujimwagia majivu kama dalili ya majuto. 14 Lakini siku ile ya hukumu itakuwa nafuu kwa Tiro na Sidoni kuliko kwenu. 15 Na ninyi je, watu wa Kapernaumu, mnafikiri mtainuliwa juu hadi mbinguni? La, Mungu atawatupa chini hadi kuzimuni. 16 “Ye yote atakayewasikiliza ninyi amenisikiliza mimi, naye awakataaye amenikataa. Lakini anikataaye mimi amemkataa yeye aliyenituma.”

17 Wale wanafunzi sabini na wawili wakarudi wakiwa na furaha. Wakamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, tukilitumia jina lako, hata pepo wanatutii!” 18 Akawajibu, “Nimemwona shetani akianguka kama radi kutoka mbinguni. 19 Nimewapa mamlaka ya kukanyaga nyoka na nge na kushinda nguvu zote za yule adui; wala hakuna kitu cho chote kitakachoweza kuwadhuru. 20 Lakini msifurahi kwa kuwa pepo wanawatii, ila furahini kwa kuwa majina yenu yamean dikwa mbinguni.”

21 Wakati huo, Yesu akiwa amejawa na furaha ya Roho Mtaka tifu, akasema, “Ninakushukuru Baba, Bwana wa mbingu na nchi, kwa sababu mambo haya ambayo umewaficha wenye elimu na wenye hekima umependa kuwafunulia wale wakuaminio kama watoto wadogo. Na haya yote yamefanyika kwa mapenzi yako Baba. 22 Baba yangu amenika bidhi mambo yote. Hakuna anayemfahamu Mwana isipokuwa Baba: na hakuna anayemfahamu Baba isipokuwa Mwana na wale ambao Mwana ame penda humdhihirisha Baba kwao.” 23 Basi Yesu akawageukia wana funzi wake akawaambia faraghani, “Mmebarikiwa kuona mambo haya mnayoyaona! 24 Nawaambie ni kweli, manabii wengi na wafalme wal itamani kuona mnayoyaona na kusikia mnayoyasikia lakini hawaku pata nafasi hiyo.” Mfano Wa Msamaria Mwema

25 Mwalimu mmoja wa sheria alisimama akajaribu kumpima Yesu, akamwuliza, “Mwalimu, nifanye nini ili nipate uzima wa milele?” 26 Yesu akamjibu, “Sheria inasemaje? Unaitafsiri vipi?” 27 Yule mwalimu wa sheria akajibu, “Mpende Bwana Mungu wako kwa moyo wako wote, kwa nafsi yako yote, kwa nguvu zako zote na kwa akili zako zote. Na umpende jirani yako kama unavyojipenda mwe nyewe.” 28 Yesu akamwambia, “Jibu lako ni sahihi. Fanya hivyo nawe utaishi.” 29 Lakini yule mwalimu wa sheria akitaka kuon yesha kwamba hoja yake ilikuwa na maana zaidi, akamwuliza Yesu, “Na jirani yangu ni nani?”

30 Yesu akamjibu, “Mtu mmoja aliteremka kutoka Yerusalemu kwenda Yeriko. Njiani akashambuliwa na majambazi; wakamwibia kila kitu alichokuwa nacho, wakampiga wakamwacha karibu ya kufa. 31 litokea kwamba kuhani mmoja alikuwa anapitia njia ile. Ali pomwona huyo mtu, akapita upande mwingine wa barabara akamwacha hapo hapo. 32 Vivyo hivyo Mlawi mmoja naye alipopita, alimwona, akapita upande mwingine wa barabara akamwacha hapo hapo.

33 “Lakini Msamaria mmoja aliyekuwa akisafiri kupitia njia hiyo alipomkuta, alimwonea huruma, 34 akamwendea akasafisha maj eraha yake kwa divai na mafuta, akayafunga. Kisha akamweka kwenye punda wake akaenda naye mpaka nyumba ya wageni ambapo alimtunza. 35 Kesho yake, yule Msamaria alipokuwa anaondoka, akampa mwenye nyumba ya wageni fedha akamwomba amtunze yule mgonjwa na akaahidi kulipa gharama yo yote ya ziada atakaporudi.

36 “Unadhani ni yupi kati ya hawa watatu alikuwa jirani yake yule mtu aliyeshambuliwa na majambazi?”

37 Yule mwalimu wa sheria akajibu, “Ni yule aliyemwonea huruma.” Yesu akasema, “Nenda ukafanye vivyo hivyo.”

Yesu Awatembelea Martha na Mariamu

38 Wakati Yesu na Wanafunzi wake walipokuwa wakiendelea na safari yao ya kwenda Yerusalemu, walifika katika kijiji kimoja ambapo mwanamke mmoja aliyeitwa Martha alimkaribisha Yesu nyum bani kwake. 39 Martha alikuwa na mdogo wake aliyeitwa Mariamu ambaye aliketi chini karibu na Yesu akisikiliza mafundisho yake.

40 Lakini Martha alikuwa akihangaika na maandalizi yote. Kwa hiyo alikuja kwa Yesu akalalamika, “Bwana, hujali kwamba mdogo wangu ameniachia kazi zote? Mwambie aje anisaidie!” 41 Bwana akamjibu, “Martha! Martha! Mbona unasumbuka na kuhangaika na mengi? 42 Unahitaji kujua kitu kimoja tu. Mariamu amechagua kil icho bora, na hakuna mtu atakayemnyang’anya.” Yesu Awafundisha Wanafunzi Wake Kuomba

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two(A)(B)(C)

10 After this the Lord(D) appointed seventy-two[a] others(E) and sent them two by two(F) ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.(G) He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.(H) Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.(I) Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.(J) Do not move around from house to house.

“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.(K) Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God(L) has come near to you.’ 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you.(M) Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’(N) 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom(O) than for that town.(P)

13 “Woe to you,(Q) Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth(R) and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum,(S) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[b]

16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”(T)

17 The seventy-two(U) returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”(V)

18 He replied, “I saw Satan(W) fall like lightning from heaven.(X) 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes(Y) and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”(Z)

21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.(AA) Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

22 “All things have been committed to me by my Father.(AB) No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”(AC)

23 Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”(AD)

The Parable of the Good Samaritan(AE)

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”(AF)

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[c];(AG) and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d](AH)

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”(AI)

29 But he wanted to justify himself,(AJ) so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.(AK) 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan,(AL) as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[e] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

At the Home of Martha and Mary

38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha(AM) opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary,(AN) who sat at the Lord’s feet(AO) listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care(AP) that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried(AQ) and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[f](AR) Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:1 Some manuscripts seventy; also in verse 17
  2. Luke 10:15 That is, the realm of the dead
  3. Luke 10:27 Deut. 6:5
  4. Luke 10:27 Lev. 19:18
  5. Luke 10:35 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2).
  6. Luke 10:42 Some manuscripts but only one thing is needed