Jesus Sends the Seventy-Two
(Matthew 9:35–38)
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two 1others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit. Mrk 6:7-13Luk 9:52Mat 10:1-4Luk 3:4-6Num 11:24-26Luk 9:1-2Num 11:16Act 13:2-4 And 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. Mat 9:36-38Jhn 4:35-381Co 3:6-9Mrk 16:151Th 5:122Th 3:12Ti 4:5Act 22:21
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Mat 10:16Act 20:29Ezk 2:3-6Jhn 15:20Jhn 10:12Jhn 16:2Mat 10:22Mat 7:15 Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road. 2Ki 4:29Luk 22:35Luk 10:4-121Sa 21:82Ki 4:24Mrk 6:8-11Gen 24:33Gen 24:56
Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’ 1Sa 25:6Mat 10:12-13Isa 57:19Eph 2:172Co 5:18-20Luk 19:9Act 10:36 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. 2Co 2:15-162Th 3:16Isa 9:61Sa 25:17Eph 2:2-3Eph 5:6Jas 3:181Pe 1:14 Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. 2 Do not move around from house to house. 1Ti 5:17-18Mat 10:10-111Co 9:4-152Ti 2:63Jn 1:5-8Deu 12:18-19Gal 6:6Mrk 6:10
If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you. 1Co 10:27Mat 10:40Luk 10:10Luk 9:48Jhn 13:20 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’ Mat 3:2Jhn 3:5Act 28:7-10Luk 10:11Luk 17:20-21Mat 10:7-8Act 28:31Mrk 6:13
But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare, Act 18:6Act 13:51Mat 10:14Luk 9:5 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’ Act 13:51Luk 10:9Act 13:26Act 13:40Act 13:46Deu 30:11-14Heb 1:3Mat 10:14 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. Mat 10:15Mat 11:24Mrk 6:11Lam 4:6Ezk 16:48-50
Woe to the Unrepentant
(Matthew 11:20–24)
Woe to you, 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 and ashes. Isa 23:1-18Ezk 26:1Jol 3:4-8Mat 11:20-23Act 28:25-281Ti 4:2Ezk 3:6-7Isa 61:3 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. Jhn 15:22-25Luk 12:47-48Rom 2:1Rom 2:27Amo 3:2Jhn 3:19
And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! Isa 14:13-152Pe 2:4Mat 4:13Luk 13:28Mat 11:23Amo 9:2-3Deu 1:28Ezk 26:20
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.” Jhn 13:201Th 4:8Mat 10:40Jhn 12:44Jhn 12:48Jhn 5:22-23Mrk 9:37Mal 1:6
The Joyful Return
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.” Luk 9:1Mrk 16:17Rom 16:20Luk 10:1Luk 10:9
So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Rev 12:7-9Isa 14:12Jhn 12:31Jhn 16:11Rev 9:11Jn 3:8Heb 2:14Mat 4:10 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you. Psa 91:13Mrk 16:18Rom 16:20Act 28:5Rev 11:5Luk 21:17-18Ezk 2:6Rom 8:31-39 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” Rev 20:15Mat 7:22-23Rev 20:12Heb 12:23Rev 21:27Rev 3:5Dan 12:1Exo 32:32
Jesus’ Prayer of Thanksgiving
(Matthew 11:25–30)
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “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. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight. 2Co 4:3Mat 11:25-27Mat 13:11-161Co 2:6-81Pe 2:1-2Eph 1:51Co 1:9-29Col 2:2-3
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. 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.” Mat 11:27Jhn 1:18Jhn 6:44-46Jhn 10:152Co 4:6Jhn 17:262Jn 1:9Mat 28:18
Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. Mat 13:16-17 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” Jhn 8:561Pe 1:10-12Heb 11:13Heb 11:39
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Mat 22:34-39Luk 18:18Act 16:30-31Mat 19:16-19Gal 3:18Luk 11:45-46Luk 7:30
“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” Isa 8:20Rom 10:5Gal 3:21-22Rom 3:19Gal 3:12-13Rom 4:14-16
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’ 3 and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 4” Mrk 12:30-31Mat 22:37-40Deu 6:5Rom 13:9Lev 19:18Deu 30:6Jas 2:8Deu 10:12
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.” Ezk 20:11Lev 18:5Mat 19:17Neh 9:29Ezk 20:13Ezk 20:21Gal 3:12Luk 7:43
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Luk 16:15Luk 18:9-11Lev 19:34Mat 5:43-44Gal 3:11Rom 10:3Luk 10:36Rom 4:2
Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Jer 51:52Luk 18:31Ezk 30:24Psa 88:4Lam 2:12Luk 19:28
Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 1Jn 3:16-18Psa 69:20Hos 6:9Jer 5:31Pro 21:13Ecc 9:11Hos 5:1Mal 1:10
So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side. Act 18:17Pro 27:102Ti 3:2Psa 109:25
But when a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, he looked at him and had compassion. 1Ki 8:50Luk 7:13Jer 38:7-13Mat 18:33Pro 27:10Jhn 4:9Mat 10:5Exo 2:6 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. Rom 12:20Psa 147:31Th 5:15Exo 23:4-5Exo 4:24Gen 42:27Isa 1:5-6Luk 2:7
The next day he took out two denarii 5and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’ Pro 19:17Luk 14:13Rom 16:23Mat 20:2
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” Luk 7:42Mat 21:28-31Mat 17:25Mat 22:42
“The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. 1Jn 3:16-18Mic 6:81Pe 2:212Co 8:91Jn 4:10-11Luk 6:32-36Jhn 13:15-17Eph 5:2
Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
Martha and Mary
As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. Jhn 11:19-20Jhn 11:1-5Jhn 12:1-3Luk 8:2-3Act 16:152Jn 1:10 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message. Pro 8:34Luk 8:35Jhn 12:3Act 22:3Deu 33:3Luk 2:461Co 7:32-40Jhn 11:1 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!” Jhn 6:27Luk 12:29Mat 16:22Jon 4:1-4Mat 14:15Luk 9:55Mrk 3:21
“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things. Php 4:6Mrk 4:19Luk 21:34Mat 6:25-34Luk 8:14Luk 12:221Co 7:32-35Ecc 6:11 But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.” Psa 27:4Psa 16:5-6Jhn 10:27-28Jhn 4:14Psa 73:25Jhn 5:24Luk 18:22Jhn 17:3