1 Depois disso, designou o Senhor ainda setenta e dois outros discípulos e mandou-os, dois a dois, adiante de si, por todas as cidades e lugares para onde ele tinha de ir.
2 Disse-lhes: Grande é a messe, mas poucos são os operários. Rogai ao Senhor da messe que mande operários para a sua messe.
3 Ide; eis que vos envio como cordeiros entre lobos.
4 Não leveis bolsa nem mochila, nem calçado e a ninguém saudeis pelo caminho.
5 Em toda casa em que entrardes, dizei primeiro: Paz a esta casa!
6 Se ali houver algum homem pacífico, repousará sobre ele a vossa paz; mas, se não houver, ela tornará para vós.
7 Permanecei na mesma casa, comei e bebei do que eles tiverem, pois o operário é digno do seu salário. Não andeis de casa em casa.
8 Em qualquer cidade em que entrardes e vos receberem, comei o que se vos servir.
9 Curai os enfermos que nela houver e dizei-lhes: O Reino de Deus está próximo.
10 Mas se entrardes nalguma cidade e não vos receberem, saindo pelas suas praças, dizei:
11 Até o pó que se nos pegou da vossa cidade, sacudimos contra vós; sabei, contudo, que o Reino de Deus está próximo.
12 Digo-vos: naqueles dias haverá um tratamento menos rigoroso para Sodoma.
13 Ai de ti, Corozaim! Ai de ti, Betsaida! Porque, se em Tiro e Sidônia tivessem sido feitos os prodígios que foram realizados em vosso meio, há muito tempo teriam feito penitência, cobrindo-se de saco e cinza.
14 Por isso haverá no dia do juízo menos rigor para Tiro e Sidônia do que para vós.
15 E tu, Cafarnaum, que te elevas até o céu, serás precipitada até aos infernos.
16 Quem vos ouve, a mim ouve; e quem vos rejeita, a mim rejeita; e quem me rejeita, rejeita aquele que me enviou.
17 Voltaram alegres os setenta e dois, dizendo: Senhor, até os demônios se nos submetem em teu nome!
18 Jesus disse-lhes: Vi Satanás cair do céu como um raio.
19 Eis que vos dei poder para pisar serpentes, escorpiões e todo o poder do inimigo.
20 Contudo, não vos alegreis porque os espíritos vos estão sujeitos, mas alegrai-vos de que os vossos nomes estejam escritos nos céus.
21 Naquele mesma hora, Jesus exultou de alegria no Espírito Santo e disse: Pai, Senhor do céu e da terra, eu te dou graças porque escondeste estas coisas aos sábios e inteligentes e as revelaste aos pequeninos. Sim, Pai, bendigo-te porque assim foi do teu agrado.
22 Todas as coisas me foram entregues por meu Pai. Ninguém conhece quem é o Filho senão o Pai, nem quem é o Pai senão o Filho, e aquele a quem o Filho o quiser revelar.
23 E voltou-se para os seus discípulos, e disse: Ditosos os olhos que vêem o que vós vedes,
24 pois vos digo que muitos profetas e reis desejaram ver o que vós vedes, e não o viram; e ouvir o que vós ouvis, e não o ouviram.
25 Levantou-se um doutor da lei e, para pô-lo à prova, perguntou: Mestre, que devo fazer para possuir a vida eterna?
26 Disse-lhe Jesus: Que está escrito na lei? Como é que lês?
27 Respondeu ele: Amarás o Senhor teu Deus de todo o teu coração, de toda a tua alma, de todas as tuas forças e de todo o teu pensamento {Dt 6,5}; e a teu próximo como a ti mesmo {Lv 19,18}.
28 Falou-lhe Jesus: Respondeste bem; faze isto e viverás.
29 Mas ele, querendo justificar-se, perguntou a Jesus: E quem é o meu próximo?
30 Jesus então contou: Um homem descia de Jerusalém a Jericó, e caiu nas mãos de ladrões, que o despojaram; e depois de o terem maltratado com muitos ferimentos, retiraram-se, deixando-o meio morto.
31 Por acaso desceu pelo mesmo caminho um sacerdote, viu-o e passou adiante.
32 Igualmente um levita, chegando àquele lugar, viu-o e passou também adiante.
33 Mas um samaritano que viajava, chegando àquele lugar, viu-o e moveu-se de compaixão.
34 Aproximando-se, atou-lhe as feridas, deitando nelas azeite e vinho; colocou-o sobre a sua própria montaria e levou-o a uma hospedaria e tratou dele.
35 No dia seguinte, tirou dois denários e deu-os ao hospedeiro, dizendo-lhe: Trata dele e, quanto gastares a mais, na volta to pagarei.
36 Qual destes três parece ter sido o próximo daquele que caiu nas mãos dos ladrões?
37 Respondeu o doutor: Aquele que usou de misericórdia para com ele. Então Jesus lhe disse: Vai, e faze tu o mesmo.
38 Estando Jesus em viagem, entrou numa aldeia, onde uma mulher, chamada Marta, o recebeu em sua casa.
39 Tinha ela uma irmã por nome Maria, que se assentou aos pés do Senhor para ouvi-lo falar.
40 Marta, toda preocupada na lida da casa, veio a Jesus e disse: Senhor, não te importas que minha irmã me deixe só a servir? Dize-lhe que me ajude.
41 Respondeu-lhe o Senhor: Marta, Marta, andas muito inquieta e te preocupas com muitas coisas;
42 no entanto, uma só coisa é necessária; Maria escolheu a boa parte, que lhe não será tirada.
1 Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
2 And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.
3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.
4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.
5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.
7 And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.
8 And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:
9 And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.
10 But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,
11 Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.
12 I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
13 A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.
14 But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.
16 Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.
17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name.
18 And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star.
19 See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.
20 Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.
21 In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.
22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.
23 And, turning to the disciples, he said privately, Happy are the eyes which see the things you see:
24 For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
26 And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?
27 And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
28 And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
29 But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
30 And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.
31 And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.
32 And in the same way, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, went by on the other side.
33 But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,
34 And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.
35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.
36 Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?
37 And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.
38 Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.
39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.
41 But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:
42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.