im by him,
9:48. And said to them: Whosoever shall receive this child in my name
receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me.
For he that is the lesser among you all, he is the greater.
9:49. And John, answering, said: Master, we saw a certain man casting
out devils in thy name: and we forbade him, because he followeth not
with us.
9:50. And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not: for he that is not against
you is for you.
9:51. And it came to pass, when the days of his assumption were
accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
9:52. And he sent messengers before his face: and going, they entered
into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.
9:53. And they received him not, because his face was of one going to
Jerusalem.
9:54. And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said:
Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and
consume them?
9:55. And turning, he rebuked them, saying: you know not of what spirit
you are.
9:56. The Son of man came not to destroy souls, but to save. And they
went into another town.
9:57. And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man
said to him: I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
9:58. Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air
nests: but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
9:59. But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me
first to go and to bury my father.
9:60. And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou
and preach the kingdom of God.
9:61. And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take
my leave of them that are at my house.
9:62. Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and
looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke Chapter 10
Christ sends forth and instructs his seventy-two disciples. The good
Samaritan.
10:1. And after these things, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two.
And he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place
whither he himself was to come.
10:2. And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the
labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he
send labourers into his harvest.
10:3. Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves.
10:4. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by
the way.
10:5. Into whatever house you enter, firs
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