恭讀聖路加福音 10:1-12,17-20

那時候,主另外選定了七十二人,派遣他們兩個兩個,在他前面,到他自己將要去的各城各地去。
耶穌對他們說:「莊稼多,而工人少,所以,你們應當求莊稼的主人,派遣工人來,收割他的莊稼。你們去吧!看,我派遣你們猶如羔羊,往狼群中。你們不要帶錢囊,不要帶口袋,也不要帶鞋;路上也不要向人請安。
「不論進入那一家,先說:願這一家平安!那裡如有和平之子,你們的和平就要停留在他身上;否則,仍歸於你們。你們要住在那一家,吃喝他們所供給的,因為工人自當有他的工資。你們不可從這一家,挪到那一家。不論進入那座城,人如果接納你們,給你們擺上什麼,你們就吃什麼。要醫治城中的病人,並給他們說:天主的國,已經臨近你們了。
「不論進入那座城,人如果不接納你們,你們就出來,到街市上,說:連你們城中,粘在我們腳上的塵土,我們也要當你們面前拍掉;但是,你們當知道:天主的國,已經臨近了。我告訴你們:在那一日,索多瑪所受的懲罰,要比這座城容易忍受。」
那七十二人,歡喜地歸來,說:「主!因著你的名號,連惡魔都屈服於我們。」
耶穌向他們說:「我看見撒旦,如同閃電一樣,自天跌下。看,我已經授予你們權柄,使你們踐踏蛇蠍,並能制伏仇敵的一切勢力;沒有什麼能傷害你們。但是,你們不要因為魔鬼屈服於你們,而喜歡,你們應當喜歡的,乃是因為你們的名字,已經登記在天上了。」

—上主的話。。

(14th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and salute no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, `Peace be to this house!’ 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you; 9 heal the sick in it and say to them, `The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 `Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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