Luke 10:21-42 ▼

21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirite, and sayde: I confesse vnto thee father, Lorde of heauen & earth, that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them vnto babes: Euen so father, for so it pleased thee.

22 All thynges are geuen me of my father. No man knoweth who the sonne is, but the father, and who the father is, but the sonne, and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym.

23 And he turned to his disciples, & sayde secretely: Happy are the eyes which see the thynges that ye see.

24 For I tell you, that many prophetes and kynges haue desired to see those thynges whiche ye see, & haue not seene them, and to heare those thinges which ye heare, and haue not hearde them.

25 And beholde, a certaine lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying: Maister, what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe? He sayde vnto hym:

26 What is written in the lawe, howe readest thou?

27 And he aunswered, and saide: Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, & with all thy strength, and with al thy mynde, and thy neyghbour as thy selfe.

28 And he sayde vnto hym, Thou hast aunswered ryght: this do, and thou shalt lyue.

29 But he, wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe, said vnto Iesus: and who is my neighbour?

30 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde. A certaine man descended from Hierusalem to Hierico, and fell among thieues, which robbed hym of his rayment, and wounded hym, and departed, leauyng hym halfe dead.

31 And it befell, that there came downe a certayne priest that same way, and whe he sawe hym, he passed by on the other syde.

32 And likewise a Leuite, when he went nye to the place, came and loked on him, and passed by the other syde.

33 But a certayne Samaritane, as he iourneyed, came vnto hym, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him.

34 And went to hym, and bounde vp his woundes, and powred in oyle and wine, and set hym on his owne beast, and brought hym to a common Inne, and made prouision for hym.

35 And on the morowe when he departed, he toke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and sayde vnto hym, take cure of hym, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come agayne, I wyll recompence thee.

36 Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neyghbour vnto hym that fell among the thieues?

37 And he sayde: He that shewed mercy on hym. Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: Go, and do thou lykewyse.

38 Nowe it came to passe, that as they went, he entred into a certayne towne: And a certayne woma, named Martha, receaued hym into her house.

39 And this woman had a sister called Marie, whiche also sate at Iesus feete, and hearde his worde.

40 But Martha was cumbred about much seruing, and came to hym, & saide: Lorde, doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone? Byd her therfore that she helpe me.

41 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many thynges:

42 Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.