WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.880 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.988 --> 00:00:03.588 Day five. 00:00:04.061 --> 00:00:07.631 As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus 00:00:07.631 --> 00:00:09.431 resolutely sat out for Jerusalem. 00:00:10.121 --> 00:00:13.121 He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for 00:00:13.121 --> 00:00:17.891 his arrival, but the people of the village did not welcome Jesus because 00:00:17.891 --> 00:00:19.391 he was on his way to Jerusalem. 00:00:20.201 --> 00:00:26.036 When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, Lord, should we call 00:00:26.041 --> 00:00:28.466 down fire from heaven to burn them up? 00:00:29.306 --> 00:00:31.376 But Jesus turned and rebuke them. 00:00:32.066 --> 00:00:33.656 So they went on to another village. 00:00:34.556 --> 00:00:38.156 As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, I will 00:00:38.156 --> 00:00:39.896 follow you wherever you go. 00:00:40.676 --> 00:00:46.046 But Jesus replied, foxes have dens to live in and birds have nests. 00:00:46.256 --> 00:00:49.226 But the son of man has no place even to lay his head. 00:00:50.036 --> 00:00:53.606 He said to another person, come follow me. 00:00:54.491 --> 00:00:59.261 The man agreed, but he said, Lord, first let me return home and bury my father. 00:00:59.891 --> 00:01:04.721 But Jesus told him, let the spiritually dead bury their own dead. 00:01:05.231 --> 00:01:08.021 Your duty is to go and preach about the kingdom of God. 00:01:09.011 --> 00:01:12.611 Another said, yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let 00:01:12.611 --> 00:01:14.231 me say goodbye to my family. 00:01:14.951 --> 00:01:19.961 But Jesus told him, anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back 00:01:20.261 --> 00:01:22.181 is not fit for the kingdom of God. 00:01:24.176 --> 00:01:29.366 The Lord now chose 72 other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the 00:01:29.366 --> 00:01:31.286 towns and places he planned to visit. 00:01:32.066 --> 00:01:33.746 These were his instructions to them. 00:01:34.796 --> 00:01:37.796 The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 00:01:38.486 --> 00:01:41.666 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest. 00:01:42.116 --> 00:01:44.606 Ask him to send more workers into his fields. 00:01:45.326 --> 00:01:49.676 Now go and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. 00:01:50.036 --> 00:01:51.416 Don't take any money with you. 00:01:51.941 --> 00:01:55.211 Nor Traveler's bag, nor an extra pair of sandals. 00:01:55.811 --> 00:01:57.761 And don't stop to greet anyone on the road. 00:01:58.721 --> 00:02:03.941 Whenever you enter someone's home first, say May God's peace beyond this house. 00:02:04.571 --> 00:02:07.601 If those who live there are peaceful, the blessing will stand. 00:02:08.201 --> 00:02:10.511 If they are not, the blessing will return to you. 00:02:11.681 --> 00:02:13.901 Don't move around from home to home. 00:02:14.261 --> 00:02:17.201 Stay in one place eating and drinking what they provide. 00:02:17.906 --> 00:02:22.496 Don't hesitate to accept hospitality because those who work deserve their pay. 00:02:23.756 --> 00:02:27.716 If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you 00:02:28.226 --> 00:02:33.716 heal the sick and tell them the kingdom of God is near you now, but if a town 00:02:33.721 --> 00:02:39.236 refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say, we wipe even the dust 00:02:39.236 --> 00:02:43.316 of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. 00:02:44.036 --> 00:02:47.486 And know this, the kingdom of God is near. 00:02:48.176 --> 00:02:51.656 I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than 00:02:51.656 --> 00:02:53.156 such a town on Judgment Day. 00:02:54.206 --> 00:02:58.016 What Sorrow awaits you, Zen and Beth Sayta for? 00:02:58.016 --> 00:03:02.036 If the Miracles I did and you had been done in Wicked Tire and sa, their 00:03:02.036 --> 00:03:06.506 people would've repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves 00:03:06.506 --> 00:03:10.046 in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. 00:03:11.156 --> 00:03:15.056 Yes, tire and Siden will be better off on judgment day than 00:03:15.056 --> 00:03:17.486 you and you people of Capernaum. 00:03:17.726 --> 00:03:19.226 Will you be honored in heaven? 00:03:19.916 --> 00:03:20.426 No. 00:03:20.906 --> 00:03:23.366 You will go down to the place of the dead. 00:03:24.416 --> 00:03:28.286 Then he said to the disciples, anyone who accepts your message 00:03:28.436 --> 00:03:33.596 is also accepting me and anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. 00:03:34.346 --> 00:03:37.886 And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me. 00:03:39.281 --> 00:03:45.161 When the 72 disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, Lord, even the 00:03:45.161 --> 00:03:47.531 demons obey us when we use your name. 00:03:48.221 --> 00:03:48.761 Yes. 00:03:48.821 --> 00:03:52.841 He told them, I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 00:03:53.741 --> 00:03:58.301 Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk 00:03:58.301 --> 00:04:01.361 among snakes and scorpions and crush them. 00:04:01.691 --> 00:04:06.401 Nothing will injure you, but don't rejoice because evil spirits obey you. 00:04:07.121 --> 00:04:09.971 Rejoice because your names are registered in heaven. 00:04:11.771 --> 00:04:16.811 At that same time, Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and he said, 00:04:17.681 --> 00:04:23.141 oh, father Lord of heaven and earth thank you for hiding these things from those 00:04:23.141 --> 00:04:29.051 who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the child like, yes, 00:04:29.051 --> 00:04:31.811 father, it pleased you to do it this way. 00:04:32.651 --> 00:04:34.781 My father Hasn entrusted everything to me. 00:04:35.381 --> 00:04:39.551 No one truly knows the son except the father, and no one truly knows the 00:04:39.551 --> 00:04:43.691 father except the son and those to whom the son chooses to reveal him. 00:04:44.921 --> 00:04:49.811 Then when they were alone, he turned to the disciples and said, blessed are 00:04:49.816 --> 00:04:51.911 the eyes that see what you have seen. 00:04:52.451 --> 00:04:56.081 I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you 00:04:56.081 --> 00:04:58.001 see, but they didn't see it. 00:04:58.736 --> 00:05:02.246 And they long to hear what you hear, but they didn't hear it. 00:05:03.986 --> 00:05:07.946 One day, an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking 00:05:07.951 --> 00:05:12.686 him this question, teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life? 00:05:13.526 --> 00:05:16.856 Jesus replied, what does the law of Moses say? 00:05:17.096 --> 00:05:18.086 How do you read it? 00:05:18.956 --> 00:05:23.006 The man answered, you must love the Lord your God with all your heart. 00:05:23.396 --> 00:05:26.606 All your soul, all your strength, and all your mind and love 00:05:26.606 --> 00:05:28.076 your neighbor as yourself. 00:05:29.066 --> 00:05:32.876 Write, Jesus told him, do this and you will live. 00:05:34.226 --> 00:05:39.596 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, and who is my neighbor? 00:05:39.836 --> 00:05:42.566 Jesus replied with a story. 00:05:43.586 --> 00:05:47.186 A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and 00:05:47.186 --> 00:05:48.686 he was attacked by bandits. 00:05:49.301 --> 00:05:52.751 They stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half 00:05:52.751 --> 00:05:55.811 dead beside the road by chance. 00:05:55.811 --> 00:05:59.501 A priest came along, but when he saw the man lying there, he crossed 00:05:59.501 --> 00:06:03.701 to the other side of the road and passed him by a temple assistant. 00:06:03.761 --> 00:06:07.991 Walked over and looked at him lying there, but he also passed by on the other side. 00:06:09.011 --> 00:06:13.241 Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, 00:06:13.331 --> 00:06:14.891 he felt compassion for him. 00:06:15.701 --> 00:06:16.661 Going over to him. 00:06:16.901 --> 00:06:21.341 The Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. 00:06:21.911 --> 00:06:24.611 Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an 00:06:24.611 --> 00:06:26.081 inn where he took care of him. 00:06:27.011 --> 00:06:29.741 The next day, he handed the innkeeper two silver coins, 00:06:29.741 --> 00:06:31.781 telling him, take care of this man. 00:06:32.321 --> 00:06:37.481 If his bill runs higher than this, I'll pay you the next time I'm here now. 00:06:37.481 --> 00:06:40.241 Which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man 00:06:40.241 --> 00:06:42.011 who was attacked by bandits? 00:06:42.131 --> 00:06:44.561 Jesus asked the man, replied. 00:06:45.281 --> 00:06:50.081 The one who showed him mercy, then Jesus said, yes. 00:06:50.441 --> 00:06:54.551 Now go and do the same as Jesus. 00:06:54.551 --> 00:06:57.281 And the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem. 00:06:57.791 --> 00:07:00.641 They came to a certain village where a woman named Martha 00:07:00.641 --> 00:07:02.021 welcomed him into her home. 00:07:02.801 --> 00:07:06.611 Her sister Mary sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he taught. 00:07:07.466 --> 00:07:10.346 But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. 00:07:10.886 --> 00:07:15.236 She came to Jesus and said, Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my 00:07:15.236 --> 00:07:19.676 sister just sits here while I do all the work tell her to come and help me? 00:07:20.396 --> 00:07:24.686 But the Lord said to her, my dear Martha, you are worried and 00:07:24.691 --> 00:07:26.336 upset over all these details. 00:07:27.006 --> 00:07:29.726 There is only one thing worth being concerned about. 00:07:30.296 --> 00:07:33.896 Mary has discovered it that it will not be taken away from her. 00:07:35.651 --> 00:07:37.931 Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. 00:07:38.411 --> 00:07:43.331 As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, Lord, teach us to pray. 00:07:43.541 --> 00:07:48.581 Just as John taught his disciples, Jesus said, this is how you should pray. 00:07:49.751 --> 00:07:52.241 Father, may your name be kept holy. 00:07:52.871 --> 00:07:54.521 May your kingdom come soon. 00:07:55.451 --> 00:08:00.131 Give us each day the food we need and forgive us our sins as we 00:08:00.131 --> 00:08:01.991 forgive those who sin against us. 00:08:02.591 --> 00:08:04.631 And don't let us yield to temptation. 00:08:05.951 --> 00:08:07.781 Then teaching them more about prayer. 00:08:07.931 --> 00:08:09.311 He used this story. 00:08:10.271 --> 00:08:12.941 Suppose you went to a friend's house at midnight wanting to 00:08:12.946 --> 00:08:14.321 borrow three loaves of bread. 00:08:14.831 --> 00:08:18.821 You say to him, A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit and I have nothing 00:08:18.826 --> 00:08:23.081 for him to eat and suppose he calls out from his bedroom, don't bother me. 00:08:23.201 --> 00:08:26.651 The door is locked for the night and my family and I are all in bed. 00:08:26.951 --> 00:08:27.821 I can't help you. 00:08:28.781 --> 00:08:32.141 But I tell you this though, he won't do it for friendship sake. 00:08:32.411 --> 00:08:36.341 If you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need 00:08:36.671 --> 00:08:38.711 because of your shameless persistence. 00:08:39.461 --> 00:08:44.861 And so I tell you, keep on asking and you will receive what you ask for. 00:08:45.551 --> 00:08:50.231 Keep on seeking and you will find keep on knocking and the 00:08:50.231 --> 00:08:51.881 door will be opened to you. 00:08:52.751 --> 00:08:58.931 For everyone who asks, receives, everyone who seeks finds and to everyone 00:08:58.931 --> 00:09:01.571 who knocks the door will be opened. 00:09:02.771 --> 00:09:08.141 You fathers, if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? 00:09:08.861 --> 00:09:11.591 Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? 00:09:12.941 --> 00:09:13.991 Of course not. 00:09:14.291 --> 00:09:18.371 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how 00:09:18.371 --> 00:09:22.541 much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? 00:09:24.251 --> 00:09:27.581 One day, Jesus cast out a demon from a man who couldn't speak. 00:09:27.881 --> 00:09:31.091 And when the demon was gone, the man began to speak. 00:09:31.661 --> 00:09:37.031 The crowds were amazed, but some of them said, no wonder he can cast out demons. 00:09:37.211 --> 00:09:40.391 He gets his power from Satan, the prince of demons. 00:09:41.321 --> 00:09:42.461 Others trying to test. 00:09:42.461 --> 00:09:45.461 Jesus demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from 00:09:45.461 --> 00:09:47.441 heaven to prove his authority. 00:09:48.401 --> 00:09:49.511 He knew their thoughts. 00:09:49.571 --> 00:09:54.251 So he said, any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. 00:09:55.181 --> 00:09:58.061 A family splintered by feuding will fall apart. 00:09:58.721 --> 00:10:03.551 You say, I am empowered by Satan, but if Satan is divided and fighting against 00:10:03.551 --> 00:10:05.831 himself, how can his kingdom survive? 00:10:06.386 --> 00:10:10.286 And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcists? 00:10:10.646 --> 00:10:14.666 They cast out demons too, so they will condemn you for what you have said. 00:10:15.476 --> 00:10:19.616 But if I am casting out demons by the power of God, then the Kingdom of 00:10:19.616 --> 00:10:24.806 God has arrived among you for when a strong man is fully armed and guards 00:10:24.806 --> 00:10:29.366 his palace, his possessions are safe until someone even stronger attacks 00:10:29.366 --> 00:10:34.316 and overpowers him, strips him of his weapons and carries off his belongings. 00:10:35.231 --> 00:10:39.881 Anyone who isn't with me opposes me, and anyone who isn't working with 00:10:39.881 --> 00:10:42.251 me is actually working against me. 00:10:43.211 --> 00:10:47.531 When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert searching for 00:10:47.531 --> 00:10:53.231 rest, but when it finds none, it says I will return to the person I came from. 00:10:53.621 --> 00:10:57.791 So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept in an order. 00:10:58.766 --> 00:11:02.756 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they 00:11:02.756 --> 00:11:04.436 all enter the person and live there. 00:11:05.216 --> 00:11:07.766 And so that person is worse off than before. 00:11:09.386 --> 00:11:12.116 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out. 00:11:12.626 --> 00:11:16.916 God bless your mother, the womb from which you came, and the breasts 00:11:16.916 --> 00:11:19.376 that nursed you, Jesus replied. 00:11:20.276 --> 00:11:24.626 But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice. 00:11:26.591 --> 00:11:31.541 As the crowd pressed in on Jesus, he said, this evil generation keeps 00:11:31.541 --> 00:11:35.561 asking me to show them a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will 00:11:35.561 --> 00:11:37.751 give them is the sign of Jonah. 00:11:38.441 --> 00:11:42.821 What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. 00:11:43.601 --> 00:11:47.441 What happens to the Son of man will be a sign to these people that he was sent. 00:11:47.441 --> 00:11:51.911 By God, the Queen of Sheba will stand up against this generation 00:11:51.911 --> 00:11:53.951 on judgment day and condemn it. 00:11:54.611 --> 00:11:58.241 For, she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. 00:11:59.351 --> 00:12:03.251 Now, someone greater than Solomon is here, but you refuse to listen. 00:12:04.271 --> 00:12:08.111 The people of Nineveh will also stand up against this generation on judgment 00:12:08.111 --> 00:12:12.851 day and condemn it for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. 00:12:13.811 --> 00:12:18.371 Now, someone greater than Jonah is here, but he refused to repent. 00:12:19.391 --> 00:12:22.691 No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a basket. 00:12:23.141 --> 00:12:26.321 Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand where its light can be 00:12:26.321 --> 00:12:28.091 seen by all who enter the house. 00:12:29.021 --> 00:12:32.621 Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. 00:12:33.461 --> 00:12:36.731 When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. 00:12:37.571 --> 00:12:41.171 But when it is unhealthy, your body is filled with darkness. 00:12:41.981 --> 00:12:46.211 Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness. 00:12:46.916 --> 00:12:51.386 If you are filled with light with no dark corners, then your whole life 00:12:51.386 --> 00:12:54.026 will be radiant as though a floodlight. 00:12:54.026 --> 00:12:55.406 We're filling you with light. 00:12:57.056 --> 00:12:59.906 This concludes today's Immer reading experience. 00:13:00.056 --> 00:13:01.286 Thank you for joining us. 00:13:01.938 --> 00:13:06.338 Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review as you read 00:13:06.338 --> 00:13:08.338 through the Bible this year. 00:13:08.338 --> 00:13:13.538 It's a big support and blessing to others looking to read the Bible.