16. Whoever hears you, hears me. And whoever despises you, despises me. And whoever despises me, despises him who sent me."
17. Then the seventy-two returned with gladness, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us, in your name."
18. And he said to them: "I was watching as Satan fell like lightning from heaven.
19. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and upon all the powers of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
20. Yet truly, do not choose to rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
21. In the same hour, he exulted in the Holy Spirit, and he said: "I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. It is so, Father, because this way was pleasing before you.
22. All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and those to whom the Son has chosen to reveal him."
23. And turning to his disciples, he said: "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
24. For I say to you, that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things that you see, and they did not see them, and to hear the things that you hear, and they did not hear them."
25. And behold, a certain expert in the law rose up, testing him and saying, "Teacher, what must I do to possess eternal life?"
26. But he said to him: "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
27. In response, he said: "You shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from all your strength, and from all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
28. And he said to him: "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
29. But since he wanted to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30. Then Jesus, taking this up, said: "A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he happened upon robbers, who now also plundered him. And inflicting him with wounds, they went away, leaving him behind, half-alive.