“Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are
subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:20)
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel according to Luke 10:1-12, 17-20
At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he
sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but
the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for
his harvest. Go on your way; behold, I
am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the
way. Into whatever house you enter,
first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your
peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you…Whatever town you
enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, ‘The dust
of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.’ Yet
know this: the kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for
that town.”
The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and said, “Lord, even
the demons are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like
lightning from the sky. Behold, I have
given you the power to ‘tread upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full
force of the enemy and nothing will harm you.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but
rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
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Christ Sending Out the Seventy-two - James Tissot
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