Al-Masīh 'Īsā (hpbuu) sends out seventy-two disciples
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After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to all the towns and places where he himself was about to go. 2 He said to them, ‘The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So then, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers to reap his harvest. 3 Go! Remember, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. 4 Don't carry a purse or a bag or sandals. And don't stop to greet anyone on the road.5 ‘Whenever you enter someone's home, first say, “As-salāmu 'alaykum to this house.” 6 If a son or daughter of peacea lives there, your peace will rest on them. If not, it will return to you.
7 ‘Stay in that home, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves to be paid. Don't move about from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and they welcome you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick in that town, and tell them, “The kingdom of Allahb has come near to you.”
10 ‘But whenever you enter a town and they don't welcome you, go out into the streets of that town and say, 11 “Even the dust from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off in protest against you. But understand this: the kingdom of Allah has come near.” 12 I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodomc in that day than for that town.
Woe to the towns that would not repent
13 ‘Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!d For if the powerful miracles that took place in you had taken place in Tyre and Saydā,e they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.f 14 But for Tyre and Saydā it will be more tolerable at the judgement than for you. 15 And you, Kfar Nāhūm, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead!
16 ‘Anyone who listens to you listens to me, and anyone who rejects you rejects me. And anyone who rejects me rejects the One who sent me.’
The seventy-two return
17 The seventy-two returned with joy saying, ‘Master, even the jinng have to submit to us when we use your name.’
18 'Īsā said to them, ‘I saw the Shaytan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 See, I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy, and nothing will ever harm you. 20 However, don't rejoice that the jinnh have to submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’
'Isa al-Masih (hpbuu) rejoices
21 At that time 'Īsā was filled with joy in the Holy Spiriti and said, ‘I praise you, heavenly Father,j Lord of heaven and earth, that you have kept these things hidden from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to young children. Yes, heavenly Father, for you graciously decided it would happen this way.
22 All things have been entrusted to me by my heavenly Father. No one knows who the spiritual Son is except the heavenly Father, and no one knows who the heavenly Father is except the spiritual Son and those to whom the spiritual Son wishes to reveal him.’
23 Then 'Īsā turned to the disciples and said in private, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing. 24 For I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you are seeing, but did not see it, and to hear what you are hearing, but did not hear it.’
The parable of the Good Samaritan
25 An expert in the Taurat got up and tried to test 'Īsā. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’k
26 'Īsā replied, ‘What is written in the Taurāt? How do you read it?’
27 He answered, ‘“Love the Lord yourl God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind”m; and, “Love your neighbour as yourself.”n'
28 ‘You are right,’ 'Īsā said to him, ‘Do this and you will live.’
29 But the expert in sharī'ah wanted to justify himself, so he asked 'Īsā, ‘Who is my neighbour?’
30 'Īsā replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,o when he was seized by robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and then went away, leaving him half dead.
31 ‘It so happened that a Jewish priest was going down that road. He saw the man, but passed by on the other side of the road. 32 So too, a Levitep came to that place, and he too saw the man, but passed by on the other side of the road. 33 Then a Samaritanq who was travelling on that road came towards the man. He saw him, and had compassion on him. 34 Going to him, he bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own animal, led him to an inn, and took care of him there. 35 The next day he took out two denarii,r gave them to the innkeeper and said, “Take care of him, and if you spend more than this on him, I will reimburse you when I return.”
36 ‘Which of these three do you think became a neighbour to the man who was attacked by robbers?’
37 The expert in sharī'ah replied, ‘The one who had mercy on him.’
'Īsā said to him, ‘You go and do the same.’
At the home of Martha and Maryam
38 While 'Īsā and his disciples were on their journey, he went into a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him. 39 She had a sister named Maryam, who sat at the feet of the Lord listening to his teaching. 40 But Martha was flustered with all the preparations she had to make. She came to 'Īsā and said, ‘Master, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me.’