Di Papa Send Seventy-Two Comot
Seventy-two wey di Papa of di harvest send come back happy say demons dey obey dem, and Jesus tell dem make dem rejoice for anoda tin instead. One lawyer ask who be neighbour, and di answer na one Samaritan for road. E end with argument between two sisters.
10 1After dis one, Oga pick seventy-two more people, e send dem go ahead of am, two-two, enter every town and place wey e imsef wan go.
2E tell dem, “Di harvest plenty well-well, but workers dey few. So beg di Papa wey get di harvest make e send workers comot go im harvest. 3Make una go! Look am, I dey send una out like small sheep for inside wolves. 4No carry purse, no bag, no sandals, and no greet anybody for road. 5Any house wey una enter, first talk sey, ‘Peace to dis house.’ 6If person of peace dey there, una peace go rest for am; if e no dey, e go come back to una. 7Stay for dat house, dey chop and dey drink wetin dem give una, because di worker deserve im pay. No dey move from house to house. 8Any town wey una enter and dem welcome una, chop wetin dem put for una front. 9Heal di sick people wey dey there and tell dem, ‘Di kingdom of our Papa don near una.’ 10But wen una enter a town wey no welcome una, comot go im streets and talk sey, 11‘Even di dust of una town wey stick for our leg, we dey wipe am comot against una. But make una know dis one: di kingdom of our Papa don near.’ 12I dey tell una, e go easy small for Sodom for dat day pass how e go be for dat town.
13“Trouble dey wait you, Chorazin! Trouble dey wait you, Bethsaida! If na for Tyre and Sidon dem do di miracles wey dem do for una middle, dem for don repent long time, dey sidon inside sackcloth and ashes. 14But e go easy small for Tyre and Sidon for di time of judgement pass how e go be for una. 15And you, Capernaum, dem go lift you go heaven? Dem go bring you come down go grave. 16Anybody wey dey listen to una dey listen to me; anybody wey reject una reject me; and anybody wey reject me reject di One wey send me.”
17Di seventy-two come back with joy and talk sey, “Oga, even di demons dem dey obey us for your name.”
18E tell dem, “I see Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19Look, I don give una authority to step on snakes and scorpions, and over all di power of di enemy—nothing go do una harm. 20But no rejoice sey di spirits dey obey una—rejoice sey dem don write una names for heaven.”
21For dat same moment Jesus rejoice inside the Holy Spirit and talk sey, “Papa, Oga of heaven and earth, I dey praise you—you hide dis things from di wise and di sharp people, and you show dem to small pikin. Yes, Papa, because na so e sweet you.”
22“My Papa don give me everything. Nobody sabi who the Pikin be except di Papa, or who di Papa be except the Pikin—and anybody wey the Pikin choose to show am to.”
23Den e turn to di disciples, e talk to dem for one side sey, “Blessing dey for di eyes wey dey see wetin una dey see! 24Because I dey tell una, plenty prophets and kings wan see wetin una dey see but dem no see am, and to hear wetin una dey hear but dem no hear am.”
Di Parable of di Good Samaritan
25One lawyer stand up come test am: “Teacher, wetin I go do make I fit inherit life wey no dey end?”
26E tell am, “Wetin dem write for di Law? How you dey read am?”
27E answer, “Love your Papa with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind, and love your neighbour like yourself.”
28E tell am, “You answer correct. Do dis one and you go live.”
29But because e wan justify imsef, e ask Jesus, “And who be my neighbour?”
30Jesus talk sey, “One man dey go down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and e fall inside armed robbers hand, wey strip am, beat am, and comot leave am half-dead. 31Now, e just happen sey one priest dey go down for dat road; wen e see am, e pass for di oda side. 32Na so also one Levite reach dat place, e see am, and e pass for di oda side. 33But one Samaritan wey dey travel dat road find am, and wen e see am, im belle pain am well-well. 34E go meet am, tie im wound, pour oil and wine for am, put am on top im own animal, carry am go one inn, and take care of am. 35Di next day e bring out two silver coins, give di innkeeper, and talk sey, ‘Take care of am. Anytin extra wey you spend, I go pay you back wen I return.’ 36For dis three, which one you tink sey be neighbour to di man wey fall inside di armed robbers hand?”
37E talk sey, “Na di one wey show am mercy.” Jesus tell am, “Go and do di same tin.”
Martha and Mary
38As dem dey travel, Jesus enter one village. One woman wey dem dey call Martha welcome am inside her house. 39She get one sister wey dem dey call Mary, wey sidon for Oga feet and dey listen to im teaching. 40But Martha mind scatter because of all di serving. She come meet am and talk sey, “Oga, e no dey worry you sey my sister leave me make I dey serve alone? Tell am make e come help me.”
41But Oga answer her, “Martha, Martha, you dey worry and dey trouble yourself about plenty tins, 42but na one tin only dey needed. Mary don choose di better share; dem no go take am from her.”
