²¹ Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and ^(A)you will look for 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, ^(J)you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[b]What have I even been saying to you from the beginning? ²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but ^(K)He who sent Me is true; and ^(L)the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” ²⁷ They did not realize that He was 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, and ^(O)I do nothing ^[d]on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me. ²⁹ And He who sent Me is with Me; ^(P)He ^[e]has not left Me alone, for ^(Q)I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ³⁰ As He said these things, ^(R)many came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Set 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 My ^(T)disciples; ³² and ^(U)you will know the truth, and ^(V)the truth will set you free.” ³³ They answered Him, “^(W)We are Abraham’s descendants and have never 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 a slave of sin. ³⁵ Now ^(Y)the slave does not remain in the house forever; ^(Z)the son does remain forever. ³⁶ So if the Son ^(AA)sets you free, you really will be free. ³⁷ I know that you are ^(AB)Abraham’s descendants; yet ^(AC)you are seeking to kill Me, because My word ^[f]has no place in you. ³⁸ I speak of the things which I have seen ^[g]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 as a result of sexual immorality; ^(AJ)we have one Father: God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^(AK)you would love Me, ^(AL)for I came forth from God and am here; for I have ^(AM)not even come ^[h]on My own, but ^[i](AN)He sent Me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand ^[j](AO)what I am saying? It is because you cannot ^(AP)listen to 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 tells ^[k]a lie, he ^(AV)speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of ^[l]lies. ⁴⁵ But because ^(AW)I say 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)The one 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 rightly say that You are a ^(BA)Samaritan, and You ^(BB)have a demon?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not ^(BC)have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ But ^(BD)I am not seeking My glory; there is One who seeks it, and judges. ⁵¹ Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone ^(BE)follows 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 as well; and yet You say, ‘If anyone ^(BI)follows My word, he will never ^(BJ)taste of death.’ ⁵³ You ^(BK)are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? 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 I ^(BR)follow His word. ^56 (BS)Your father Abraham was ^(BT)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” ^57 (BU)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” ⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham ^[m]was born, ^[n](BV)I am.” ⁵⁹ Therefore they ^(BW)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ^(BX)hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

The Seventy-two Sent Out

10 Now after this ^(A)the Lord appointed ^[a]seventy-two ^(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 plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. ³ Go; ^(E)behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves. ^4 (F)Carry no money belt, no ^[b]bag, no sandals, and greet no one along the way. ⁵ And whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ ⁶ And if a ^[c]man of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you. ⁷ Stay in ^[d]that house, eating and drinking ^[e]what they provide; for ^(G)the laborer is deserving of his wages. Do not move from house to house. ⁸ Whatever city you enter and they receive you, ^(H)eat what is served to 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 on 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 that occurred in you had occurred in ^(Q)Tyre and Sidon, 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; but the one who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The Joyful Results

¹⁷ Now the ^[i]seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even ^(W)the demons are subject to us ^[j]in Your name!” ¹⁸ And He said to them, “I watched ^(X)Satan fall from heaven like lightning. ¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority to ^(Y)walk on snakes and scorpions, and authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. ²⁰ Nevertheless, do not ^[k]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 ^[l]time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I ^[m]praise You, 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 doing so 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 determines to reveal Him.”

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

^25 (AE)And behold, a ^[n](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? ^[o]How does it read to you?” ²⁷ And he answered, “^(AG)You shall love the Lord your God ^[p]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 wanting ^(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 he encountered robbers, and they stripped him and ^[q]beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. ³¹ And by coincidence 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 animal, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵ On the next day he took out two ^[r]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 ^[s]proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” ³⁷ And he said, “The one who showed compassion to him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do ^[t]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 And she had a sister called ^(AM)Mary, who was also ^(AN)seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word. ⁴⁰ But ^(AO)Martha was distracted with ^[u]all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do the serving ^[v]by myself? Then tell her to help me.” ⁴¹ But the Lord answered and said to her, “^(AP)Martha, Martha, you are ^(AQ)worried and distracted by 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 ^[w]Jesus was praying in a certain place, when 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, “^(AT)When you pray, say:

⁵ And He said to them, “^[ab]Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, ⁶ because a friend of mine has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to serve him’; ⁷ and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children ^[ac]and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ⁸ I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything just because he is his friend, yet ^(AW)because of his ^[ad]shamelessness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

⁹ “So I say to you, ^[ae](AX)ask, and it will be given to you; ^[af]seek, and you will find; ^[ag]knock, and it will be opened to you. ¹⁰ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened. ¹¹ Now ^[ah]which one of you fathers will his son ask for a ^[ai]fish, and instead of a fish, he will give him a snake? ¹² Or he will even ask for an egg, and his father will give him a scorpion? ¹³ So ^(AY)if you, despite being ^[aj]evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will ^[ak]your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”