1 After this, the Lord appointedseventy others and sent them on ahead, two by two, to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
2 He said to them,
17 When theseventy returned, they were joyful and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in yoʋr name.”
18 He said to them,
21 At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in theSpirit and said,
22 Then he turned to the disciples and said,
23 Then he turned to the disciples and said privately,
25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 Jesus said to him,
27 He answered, “Yoʋ shall love the Lord yoʋr God with all yoʋr heart, with all yoʋr soul, with all yoʋr strength, and with all yoʋr mind; and yoʋ shall love yoʋr neighbor as yoʋrself.”
28 Jesus said to him,
29 But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 Jesus replied,
37 The lawyer said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him,
38 As Jesus and his disciples went along, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed himinto her home.
39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat atJesus' feet and listened to what he was saying.
40 But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that had to be made. So she came up to Jesus and said, “Lord, do yoʋ not care that my sister has left me to make all the preparations by myself? Tell her then to assist me.”
41 ButJesus answered her,