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title: "Luke 10 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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# Luke 10

Luke 10 is chapter 10 of 24 in the Gospel of Luke. Here are all 42 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ sends forth and instructs his seventy-two disciples. The good Samaritan.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Luke 10 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Then, after these things, the Lord also designated another seventy-two. And he sent them in pairs before his face, into every city and place where he was to arrive.
2. And he said to them: “Certainly the harvest is great, but the workers are few. Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers into his harvest.
3. Go forth. Behold, I send you out like lambs among wolves.
4. Do not choose to carry a purse, nor provisions, nor shoes; and you shall greet no one along the way.
5. Into whatever house you will have entered, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’
6. And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
7. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things that are with them. For the worker is worthy of his pay. Do not choose to pass from house to house.
8. And into whatever city you have entered and they have received you, eat what they set before you.
9. And cure the sick who are in that place, and proclaim to them, ‘The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.’
10. But into whatever city you have entered and they have not received you, going out into its main streets, say:
11. ‘Even the dust which clings to us from your city, we wipe away against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has drawn near.’
12. I say to you, that in that day, Sodom will be forgiven more than that city will be.
13. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that have been wrought in you, had been wrought in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in haircloth and ashes.
14. Yet truly, Tyre and Sidon will be forgiven more in the judgment than you will be.
15. And as for you, Capernaum, who would be exalted even up to Heaven: you shall be submerged into Hell.
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.
31. And it happened that a certain priest was descending along the same way. And seeing him, he passed by.
32. And similarly a Levite, when he was near the place, also saw him, and he passed by.
33. But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came near him. And seeing him, he was moved by mercy.
34. And approaching him, he bound up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. And setting him on his pack animal, he brought him to an inn, and he took care of him.
35. And the next day, he took out two denarii, and he gave them to the proprietor, and he said: ‘Take care of him. And whatever extra you will have spent, I will repay to you at my return.’
36. Which of these three, does it seem to you, was a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”
37. Then he said, “The one who acted with mercy toward him.” And Jesus said to him, “Go, and act similarly.”
38. Now it happened that, while they were traveling, he entered into a certain town. And a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her home.
39. And she had a sister, named Mary, who, while sitting beside the Lord’s feet, was listening to his word.
40. Now Martha was continually busying herself with serving. And she stood still and said: “Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, speak to her, so that she may help me.”
41. And the Lord responded by saying to her: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled over many things.
42. And yet only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the best portion, and it shall not be taken away from her.”

## Luke 10 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Post hæc autem designavit Dominus et alios septuaginta duos: et misit illos binos ante faciem suam in omnem civitatem et locum, quo erat ipse venturus.
2. Et dicebat illis: Messis quidem multa, operarii autem pauci. Rogate ergo dominum messis ut mittat operarios in messem suam.
3. Ite: ecce ego mitto vos sicut agnos inter lupos.
4. Nolite portare sacculum, neque peram, neque calceamenta, et neminem per viam salutaveritis.
5. In quamcumque domum intraveritis, primum dicite: Pax huic domui:
6. et si ibi fuerit filius pacis, requiescet super illum pax vestra: sin autem, ad vos revertetur.
7. In eadem autem domo manete, edentes et bibentes quæ apud illos sunt: dignus est enim operarius mercede sua. Nolite transire de domo in domum.
8. Et in quamcumque civitatem intraveritis, et susceperint vos, manducate quæ apponuntur vobis:
9. et curate infirmos, qui in illa sunt, et dicite illis: Appropinquavit in vos regnum Dei.
10. In quamcumque autem civitatem intraveritis, et non susceperint vos, exeuntes in plateas ejus, dicite:
11. Etiam pulverem, qui adhæsit nobis de civitate vestra, extergimus in vos: tamen hoc scitote, quia appropinquavit regnum Dei.
12. Dico vobis, quia Sodomis in die illa remissius erit, quam illi civitati.
13. Væ tibi Corozain! væ tibi Bethsaida! quia si in Tyro et Sidone factæ fuissent virtutes quæ factæ sunt in vobis, olim in cilicio et cinere sedentes pœniterent.
14. Verumtamen Tyro et Sidoni remissius erit in judicio, quam vobis.
15. Et tu Capharnaum, usque ad cælum exaltata, usque ad infernum demergeris.
16. Qui vos audit, me audit: et qui vos spernit, me spernit. Qui autem me spernit, spernit eum qui misit me.
17. Reversi sunt autem septuaginta duo cum gaudio, dicentes: Domine, etiam dæmonia subjiciuntur nobis in nomine tuo.
18. Et ait illis: Videbam Satanam sicut fulgor de cælo cadentem.
19. Ecce dedi vobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes, et scorpiones, et super omnem virtutem inimici: et nihil vobis nocebit.
20. Verumtamen in hoc nolite gaudere quia spiritus vobis subjiciuntur: gaudete autem, quod nomina vestra scripta sunt in cælis.
21. In ipsa hora exsultavit Spiritu Sancto, et dixit: Confiteor tibi Pater, Domine cæli et terræ, quod abscondisti hæc a sapientibus et prudentibus, et revelasti ea parvulis. Etiam Pater: quoniam sic placuit ante te.
22. Omnia mihi tradita sunt a Patre meo. Et nemo scit quis sit Filius, nisi Pater: et quis sit Pater, nisi Filius, et cui voluerit Filius revelare.
23. Et conversus ad discipulos suos, dixit: Beati oculi qui vident quæ vos videtis.
24. Dico enim vobis quod multi prophetæ et reges voluerunt videre quæ vos videtis, et non viderunt: et audire quæ auditis, et non audierunt.
25. Et ecce quidam legisperitus surrexit tentans illum, et dicens: Magister, quid faciendo vitam æternam possidebo?
26. At ille dixit ad eum: In lege quid scriptum est? quomodo legis?
27. Ille respondens dixit: Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex omnibus virtutibus tuis, et ex omni mente tua: et proximum tuum sicut teipsum.
28. Dixitque illi: Recte respondisti: hoc fac, et vives.
29. Ille autem volens justificare seipsum, dixit ad Jesum: Et quis est meus proximus?
30. Suscipiens autem Jesus, dixit: Homo quidam descendebat ab Jerusalem in Jericho, et incidit in latrones, qui etiam despoliaverunt eum: et plagis impositis abierunt semivivo relicto.
31. Accidit autem ut sacerdos quidam descenderet eadem via: et viso illo præterivit.
32. Similiter et Levita, cum esset secus locum, et videret eum, pertransiit.
33. Samaritanus autem quidam iter faciens, venit secus eum: et videns eum, misericordia motus est.
34. Et appropians alligavit vulnera ejus, infundens oleum et vinum: et imponens illum in jumentum suum, duxit in stabulum, et curam ejus egit.
35. Et altera die protulit duos denarios, et dedit stabulario, et ait: Curam illius habe: et quodcumque supererogaveris, ego cum rediero reddam tibi.
36. Quis horum trium videtur tibi proximus fuisse illi, qui incidit in latrones?
37. At ille dixit: Qui fecit misericordiam in illum. Et ait illi Jesus: Vade, et tu fac similiter.
38. Factum est autem, dum irent, et ipse intravit in quoddam castellum: et mulier quædam, Martha nomine, excepit illum in domum suam,
39. et huic erat soror nomine Maria, quæ etiam sedens secus pedes Domini, audiebat verbum illius.
40. Martha autem satagebat circa frequens ministerium: quæ stetit, et ait: Domine, non est tibi curæ quod soror mea reliquit me solam ministrare? dic ergo illi ut me adjuvet.
41. Et respondens dixit illi Dominus: Martha, Martha, sollicita es, et turbaris erga plurima,
42. porro unum est necessarium. Maria optimam partem elegit, quæ non auferetur ab ea.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 765: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2611: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2122: "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 87: The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 858: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 787: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1083: The Father-Source and Goal of the Liturgy ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2196: You Shall Love Your Neighbor As Yourself ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2822: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1825: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2083: You Shall Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart, and With All Your Soul, and With All Your Mind ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1293: The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.” — St. Francis de Sales, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 42)
- “Let nothing be preferred to the Work of God.” — St. Benedict of Nursia, Rule of St. Benedict, ch. 43, c. 530 (On this theme: verse 42)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 21: That is, according to his humanity he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and gave thanks to his eternal Father.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, Dec 1, 2026: Tuesday of the First Week of Advent — Gospel, Luke 10:21-24
- Thu, Sep 30, 2027 (computed): St. Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church — Gospel, Luke 10:1-12
- Fri, Oct 1, 2027 (computed): St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church — Gospel, Luke 10:13-16
- Mon, Oct 4, 2027 (computed): St. Francis of Assisi — Gospel, Luke 10:25-37

12 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).