²¹ Then He said again to them, “I go away, and ^(A)you will seek Me, and ^(B)will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So ^(C)the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘^(D)Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ And He was saying to them, “^(E)You are from below, I am from above; ^(F)you are of this world, ^(G)I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you ^(H)will die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^[a](I)I am He, ^(J)you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[b]What have I been saying to you from the beginning? ²⁶ I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but ^(K)He who sent Me is true; and ^(L)the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” ²⁷ They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said, “When you ^(M)lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^[c](N)I am He, and ^(O)I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. ²⁹ And He who sent Me is with Me; ^(P)He ^[d]has not left Me alone, for ^(Q)I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ³⁰ As He spoke these things, ^(R)many came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Make You Free

³¹ So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “^(S)If you continue in My word, then you are truly ^(T)disciples of Mine; ³² and ^(U)you will know the truth, and ^(V)the truth will make you free.” ³³ They answered Him, “^(W)We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(X)everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. ^35 (Y)The slave does not remain in the house forever; ^(Z)the son does remain forever. ³⁶ So if the Son ^(AA)makes you free, you will be free indeed. ³⁷ I know that you are ^(AB)Abraham’s descendants; yet ^(AC)you seek to kill Me, because My word ^[e]has no place in you. ³⁸ I speak the things which I have seen ^[f]with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ^(AD)your father.”

³⁹ They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is ^(AE)our father.” Jesus *said to them, “^(AF)If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. ⁴⁰ But as it is, ^(AG)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^(AH)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. ⁴¹ You are doing the deeds of ^(AI)your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; ^(AJ)we have one Father: God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^(AK)you would love Me, ^(AL)for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have ^(AM)not even come on My own initiative, but ^[g](AN)He sent Me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand ^[h](AO)what I am saying? It is because you cannot ^(AP)hear My word. ^44 (AQ)You are of ^(AR)your father the devil, and ^(AS)you want to do the desires of your father. ^(AT)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^(AU)there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks ^[i]a lie, he ^(AV)speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of ^[j]lies. ⁴⁵ But because ^(AW)I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ^(AX)I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? ^47 (AY)He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

^48 (AZ)The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a ^(BA)Samaritan and ^(BB)have a demon?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not ^(BC)have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ But ^(BD)I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges. ⁵¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone ^(BE)keeps My word he will never ^(BF)see death.” ^52 (BG)The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^(BH)have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone ^(BI)keeps My word, he will never ^(BJ)taste of death.’ ⁵³ Surely You ^(BK)are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, “^(BL)If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ^(BM)it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; ⁵⁵ and ^(BN)you have not come to know Him, ^(BO)but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ^(BP)a liar like you, ^(BQ)but I do know Him and ^(BR)keep His word. ^56 (BS)Your father Abraham ^(BT)rejoiced ^[k]to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” ^57 (BU)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” ⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham ^[l]was born, ^(BV)I am.” ⁵⁹ Therefore they ^(BW)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ^[m](BX)hid Himself and went out of the temple.

The Seventy Sent Out

10 Now after this ^(A)the Lord appointed ^[a]seventy ^(B)others, and sent them ^(C)in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. ² And He was saying to them, “^(D)The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. ³ Go; ^(E)behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. ^4 (F)Carry no money belt, no ^[b]bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way. ⁵ Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ ⁶ If a ^[c]man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. ⁷ Stay in ^[d]that house, eating and drinking ^[e]what they give you; for ^(G)the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house. ⁸ Whatever city you enter and they receive you, ^(H)eat what is set before you; ⁹ and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘^(I)The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰ But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, ¹¹ ‘^(J)Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet ^[f]be sure of this, that ^(K)the kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹² I say to you, ^(L)it will be more tolerable in that day for ^(M)Sodom than for that city.

¹³ “^(N)Woe to you, ^(O)Chorazin! Woe to you, ^(P)Bethsaida! For if the ^[g]miracles had been performed in ^(Q)Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in ^[h](R)sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for ^(S)Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. ¹⁵ And you, ^(T)Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!

¹⁶ “^(U)The one who listens to you listens to Me, and ^(V)the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The Happy Results

¹⁷ The ^[i]seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even ^(W)the demons are subject to us in Your name.” ¹⁸ And He said to them, “I was watching ^(X)Satan fall from heaven like lightning. ¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority to ^(Y)tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. ²⁰ Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^(Z)your names are recorded in heaven.”

^21 (AA)At that very ^[j]time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I ^[k]praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. ^22 (AB)All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and ^(AC)no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

^23 (AD)Turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see, ²⁴ for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”

^25 (AE)And a ^[l](AF)lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶ And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? ^[m]How does it read to you?” ²⁷ And he answered, “^(AG)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸ And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; ^(AH)do this and you will live.” ²⁹ But wishing ^(AI)to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

The Good Samaritan

³⁰ Jesus replied and said, “A man was ^(AJ)going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and ^[n]beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. ³¹ And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³ But a ^(AK)Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, ³⁴ and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵ On the next day he took out two ^[o]denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ ³⁶ Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” ³⁷ And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do ^[p]the same.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸ Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named ^(AL)Martha welcomed Him into her home. ³⁹ She had a sister called ^(AM)Mary, who was ^(AN)seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. ⁴⁰ But ^(AO)Martha was distracted with ^[q]all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” ⁴¹ But the Lord answered and said to her, “^(AP)Martha, Martha, you are ^(AQ)worried and bothered about so many things; ^42 (AR)but only one thing is necessary, for ^(AS)Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Instruction about Prayer

11 It happened that while ^[a]Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” ² And He said to them, “^(A)When you pray, say:

⁵ Then He said to them, “^[d]Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶ for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; ⁷ and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children ^[e]and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet ^(D)because of his ^[f]persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

⁹ “So I say to you, ^[g](E)ask, and it will be given to you; ^[h]seek, and you will find; ^[i]knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. ¹¹ Now ^[j]suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a ^[k]fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? ¹² Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? ^13 (F)If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your ^[l]heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”