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The sending of the seventy(-two) and the woes on the cities 10:1–16
vv. 1–2 — the appointment, and the harvest-prayer
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Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀνέδειξεν ὁ κύριος ἑτέρους ἑβδομήκοντα [δύο]independent — ὁ κύριος, Luke's narrative title, formally installs a second wave — ἑβδομήκοντα [δύο], the count split down the middle (nations of Gen 10; elders of Num 11)
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ἀνὰ δύο [δύο] πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ εἰς πᾶσαν πόλιν καὶ τόπονindependent — coordinate aorist — ἀνὰ δύο, pairs for support and valid testimony (Deut 19:15); πρὸ προσώπου, forerunners
οὗ ἤμελλεν αὐτὸς ἔρχεσθαι.relative — the mission as advance work — ἤμελλεν: the towns already on his own itinerary
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ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς·independent — iterative imperfect speech-frame — the whole charge of vv. 2b–16 hangs here
Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς,content — verbless μέν-clause — the eschatological ingathering, vast
οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι·content — the δέ-foil — the laborers too few for the field
δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦcontent — the first command is prayer — the harvest belongs to its Lord, not to the workers
ὅπως ἐργάτας ἐκβάλῃ εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ.purpose — ὅπως-clause — ἐκβάλῃ, 'thrust out': the Lord drives workers into the field
vv. 3–9 — the charge: lambs among wolves, peace to houses, the kingdom to towns
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ὑπάγετε·content — the asyndetic marching order
ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων.content — performative present — sent defenseless, their safety resting on the Sender
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μὴ βαστάζετε βαλλάντιον, μὴ πήραν, μὴ ὑποδήματα,content — the triple prohibition — stripped of provision, cast wholly on hospitality
καὶ μηδένα κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀσπάσησθε.content — no roadside greetings (cf. 2 Kgs 4:29) — the errand's urgency, not rudeness
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εἰς ἣν δ’ ἂν εἰσέλθητε οἰκίαν,conditional — conditional-relative protasis — leans on λέγετε
πρῶτον λέγετε·content — the standing instruction for every house
Εἰρήνη τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ.content — the šālôm-bestowal — a verbless gift, not a wish
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καὶ ἐὰν ᾖ ἐκεῖ υἱὸς εἰρήνης,conditional — third-class protasis — 'son of peace,' the Semitic idiom; leans on ἐπαναπαήσεται
ἐπαναπαήσεται ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν·content — the peace almost a substance — it settles where character fits the gift
εἰ δὲ μή γε,conditional — elliptical counter-protasis — 'otherwise'; leans on ἀνακάμψει
ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς ἀνακάμψει.content — the boomerang — the gift comes back unspent
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ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ τῇ οἰκίᾳ μένετε,content — settled hospitality commanded — no house-hopping
ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες τὰ παρ’ αὐτῶν·participial — attendant circumstance — table fellowship as the mission's provision
ἄξιος γὰρ ὁ ἐργάτης τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ.cause — the verbless proverb (cited 1 Tim 5:18) — support is wage, not charity
μὴ μεταβαίνετε ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν.content — the prohibition restated — no upgrading for better fare
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καὶ εἰς ἣν ἂν πόλιν εἰσέρχησθεconditional — indefinite-relative protasis — the rule extended from house to town; leans on ἐσθίετε
καὶ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς,conditional — coordinate protasis — δέχομαι, the verb of welcome, negated in v. 10
ἐσθίετε τὰ παρατιθέμενα ὑμῖν,content — food scruples suspended in the mission (cf. 1 Cor 10:27)
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καὶ θεραπεύετε τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ ἀσθενεῖς,content — the kingdom's power displayed
καὶ λέγετε αὐτοῖς·content — the kingdom's nearness announced
Ἤγγικεν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.content — perfect ἤγγικεν — drawn near, or arrived at the threshold; the crux left open (cf. v. 11)
vv. 10–12 — the rejecting town: the dust, and the Sodom-verdict
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εἰς ἣν δ’ ἂν πόλιν εἰσέλθητεconditional — the negative counterpart of v. 8 — leans on εἴπατε
καὶ μὴ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς,conditional — coordinate protasis — the welcome refused
ἐξελθόντες εἰς τὰς πλατείας αὐτῆςparticipial — preposed participle — the public exit to the squares; leans on εἴπατε
εἴπατε·content — the commanded verdict-speech
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Καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν τὸν κολληθέντα ἡμῖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὑμῶν εἰς τοὺς πόδας ἀπομασσόμεθα ὑμῖν·content — the prophetic sign-act (cf. Acts 13:51) — even the clinging dust disowned; dative of disadvantage ὑμῖν
πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετεcontent — πλήν — the disavowal does not cancel the announcement
ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.content — the same ἤγγικεν as v. 9 — now testimony against the town
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λέγω ὑμῖνcontent — the solemn pronouncement-formula
ὅτι Σοδόμοις ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται ἢ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ.content — Sodom (Gen 19) outdone — light rejected weighs more at the judgment than ignorance
vv. 13–16 — the woes: Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum; the šaliach chain
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Οὐαί σοι, Χοραζίν·content — prophetic woe-cry, verbless — the miracle-towns of Galilee arraigned (Matt 11:21 near-verbatim)
οὐαί σοι, Βηθσαϊδά·content — the second woe — the towns personified and addressed
ὅτι εἰ ἐν Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἐγενήθησαν αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ γενόμεναι ἐν ὑμῖν,conditional — second-class (contrary-to-fact) protasis carrying the causal ὅτι — leans on μετενόησαν
πάλαι ἂν ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σποδῷ καθήμενοι μετενόησαν.cause — the apodosis grounding the woes — pagan Tyre and Sidon (Isa 23; Ezek 26–28) would have shamed them; sackcloth and ashes, Jonah 3:6
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πλὴν Τύρῳ καὶ Σιδῶνι ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται ἐν τῇ κρίσει ἢ ὑμῖν.content — the verdict drawn — the pagan cities fare better ἐν τῇ κρίσει
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καὶ σύ, Καφαρναούμ, μὴ ἕως οὐρανοῦ ὑψωθήσῃ;content — μή-question expecting no — the Isa 14:13 taunt over Babylon's king turned on Jesus' own ministry base
ἕως τοῦ ᾅδου καταβήσῃ.content — Isa 14:15 — the descent decreed; exaltation answered by Hades
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Ὁ ἀκούων ὑμῶν ἐμοῦ ἀκούει,content — the šaliach principle — hearing the envoy is hearing the Sender
καὶ ὁ ἀθετῶν ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ ἀθετεῖ·content — rejection likewise transitive — ἀθετέω, to set aside
ὁ δὲ ἐμὲ ἀθετῶν ἀθετεῖ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με.content — the chain reaches the Father — τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με; the charge closes on the mission's ultimate stake
The return — Satan fallen, names written in heaven 10:17–20
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Ὑπέστρεψαν δὲ οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα [δύο] μετὰ χαρᾶςindependent — the mission succeeds — ὑποστρέφω, a Lukan favorite; ἑβδομήκοντα [δύο] again split (see v. 1)
λέγοντες·participial — speech-participle — the frame for their report
Κύριε, καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια ὑποτάσσεται ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου.content — ascensive καί — even the demons; ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου, the locus of delegated authority
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εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς·independent — the reply-frame — vv. 18b–20 hang here
Ἐθεώρουν τὸν Σατανᾶν ὡς ἀστραπὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεσόντα.content — imperfect ἐθεώρουν — the vision unfolding: the exorcisms read cosmically as Satan's lightning-fall (cf. Isa 14:12; John 12:31)
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ἰδοὺ δέδωκα ὑμῖν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ,content — perfect δέδωκα — standing authority; serpents and scorpions of Ps 91:13; Deut 8:15, the enemy's whole δύναμις
καὶ οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσῃ.content — οὐ μή — the strongest Greek denial, piled on οὐδέν
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πλὴν ἐν τούτῳ μὴ χαίρετεcontent — πλήν — the joy reordered; proleptic ἐν τούτῳ
ὅτι τὰ πνεύματα ὑμῖν ὑποτάσσεται,content — the wrong ground — delegated power over spirits
χαίρετε δὲcontent — the counter-command — the same verb, the right object
ὅτι τὰ ὀνόματα ὑμῶν ἐγγέγραπται ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.content — perfect ἐγγέγραπται — enrolled in the book of life (Exod 32:32; Dan 12:1), a settled fact
The exultation — Father and Son, and the blessed eyes 10:21–24
vv. 21–22 — the thanksgiving, and the mutual knowledge of Father and Son
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Ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἠγαλλιάσατο ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳindependent — ἠγαλλιάσατο — Jesus' one recorded outburst of Spirit-wrought exultation; ingressive aorist
καὶ εἶπεν·independent — the speech-frame for the thanksgiving (Matt 11:25–27 near-verbatim)
Ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, πάτερ, κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς,content — the LXX thanksgiving-formula — πάτερ addressed as κύριος of heaven and earth
ὅτι ἀπέκρυψας ταῦτα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶνcontent — the ground of praise — hidden from the self-reliantly clever
καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις·content — the sovereign reversal — revealed to νήπιοι, the untaught
ναί, ὁ πατήρ,content — the assent resumed — nominative-for-vocative ὁ πατήρ; verbless
ὅτι οὕτως εὐδοκία ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθέν σου.cause — εὐδοκία — the Father's good pleasure as the final ground; Semitic ἔμπροσθέν σου
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Πάντα μοι παρεδόθη ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου,content — the 'Johannine thunderbolt' in the Synoptics — παρεδόθη, the total transfer
καὶ οὐδεὶς γινώσκει τίς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ,content — the exclusive knowledge — the absolute ὁ υἱός known only to the Father
καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ πατὴρ εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸςcontent — the reciprocal — οὐδεὶς γινώσκει carried over, elliptical
καὶ ᾧ ἂν βούληται ὁ υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψαι.relative — revelation runs only through the Son's βούληται — sovereign will as the door
vv. 23–24 — privately: the beatitude on the eyes
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Καὶ στραφεὶς πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς κατ’ ἰδίανparticipial — preposed participle — κατ’ ἰδίαν, the beatitude is private; leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν·independent — the frame for the beatitude
Μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ οἱ βλέποντες ἃ βλέπετε.content — verbless beatitude — blessed for what they witness, not for what they do
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λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖνcause — the γάρ-ground of the beatitude — the solemn formula
ὅτι πολλοὶ προφῆται καὶ βασιλεῖς ἠθέλησαν ἰδεῖν ἃ ὑμεῖς βλέπετε καὶ οὐκ εἶδαν,content — the longing of the whole prior age (cf. 1 Pet 1:10–12) — desire and denial in one breath
καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ἃ ἀκούετε καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν.content — the parallel pair — the coordinate infinitive under ἠθέλησαν, with its own finite denial interlaced
The lawyer's question and the parable of the Good Samaritan 10:25–37
vv. 25–28 — the test, and the Law's own answer
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Καὶ ἰδοὺ νομικός τις ἀνέστηindependent — the new scene — a νομικός, expert in Torah, rises
ἐκπειράζων αὐτὸνparticipial — purpose participle — ἐκπειράζω, the hostile probe
λέγων·participial — coordinate speech-participle
Διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω;content — the classic question — τί ποιήσας: what one deed inherits the life of the age to come? (cf. 18:18)
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ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν·independent — the rabbinic counter-question — the frame
Ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται;content — the expert thrown back on his own text — the Law itself holds the answer
πῶς ἀναγινώσκεις;content — πῶς ἀναγινώσκεις — 'how do you recite?': the Shema he says daily
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ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν·independent — Semitic 'answered and said'
Ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου,content — Deut 6:5 — the Shema's total claim, Luke's fourfold heart–soul–strength–mind; imperatival future
καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν.content — Lev 19:18 joined on — Ἀγαπήσεις carried over, elliptical; the double command spoken as one
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εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ·independent — the verdict-frame
Ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης·content — the answer approved — recitation is not the issue
τοῦτο ποίειcontent — present imperative — keep doing it (Lev 18:5)
καὶ ζήσῃ.content — the promise — the ζωή the lawyer asked after (v. 25)
vv. 29–35 — 'and who is my neighbor?': the parable
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ὁ δὲ θέλων δικαιῶσαι ἑαυτὸνparticipial — the motive named — δικαιῶσαι ἑαυτόν: narrow the term, limit the command; leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν·independent — the follow-up frame
Καὶ τίς ἐστίν μου πλησίον;content — the limiting question — who qualifies as the object of my love?
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ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦςparticipial — ὑπολαβών — taking it up to reply; leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν·independent — the parable-frame — the whole story of vv. 30b–36 hangs on this εἶπεν
Ἄνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς Ἰεριχὼcontent — descriptive imperfect — the Jericho road: seventeen miles, 3,300 feet down, bandit country; the victim left deliberately anonymous
καὶ λῃσταῖς περιέπεσεν,content — περιπίπτω + dative — the chance calamity
οἳ καὶ ἐκδύσαντες αὐτὸν καὶ πληγὰς ἐπιθέντες ἀπῆλθονrelative — the triple violence compressed — stripped of clothes and every mark of identity
ἀφέντες ἡμιθανῆ.participial — ἡμιθανής, NT hapax — between life and death, beyond self-help; neither nationality nor consciousness can now decide who owes him
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κατὰ συγκυρίαν δὲ ἱερεύς τις κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκείνῃ,content — κατὰ συγκυρίαν, NT hapax — 'by coincidence'; a priest, descending perhaps from temple service
καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸνparticipial — the seeing that precedes avoidance — leans on ἀντιπαρῆλθεν
ἀντιπαρῆλθεν·content — the parable's verb of failure — deliberate crossing-over (corpse-defilement, Lev 21:1–4, is the excuse the parable declines to give)
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ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Λευίτης γενόμενος κατὰ τὸν τόπον ἐλθὼν καὶ ἰδὼνparticipial — the Levite repeats the sequence — arrived, came, saw; leans on ἀντιπαρῆλθεν
ἀντιπαρῆλθεν.content — the same verb verbatim — the cultic order fails twice
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Σαμαρίτης δέ τις ὁδεύων ἦλθεν κατ’ αὐτὸνcontent — Σαμαρίτης δέ — the shock-word fronted: the despised half-foreigner (9:52–53; John 4:9); ὁδεύων, NT hapax
καὶ ἰδὼνparticipial — the same ἰδών as priest and Levite — leans on ἐσπλαγχνίσθη
ἐσπλαγχνίσθη,content — the hinge of the parable — visceral mercy, the verb of Jesus' own compassion (7:13)
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καὶ προσελθὼνparticipial — compassion closes the distance the others kept — leans on κατέδησεν
κατέδησεν τὰ τραύματα αὐτοῦcontent — first aid — καταδέω and τραῦμα, both NT hapaxes
ἐπιχέων ἔλαιον καὶ οἶνον,participial — means participle — the standard wound-dressing: oil to soothe, wine to cleanse
ἐπιβιβάσας δὲ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ἴδιον κτῆνοςparticipial — τὸ ἴδιον κτῆνος — his own mount: the Samaritan walks so the victim may ride; leans on ἤγαγεν
ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς πανδοχεῖονcontent — πανδοχεῖον, NT hapax — the public lodging
καὶ ἐπεμελήθη αὐτοῦ.content — ἐπιμελέομαι — personal nursing through the night
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καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν αὔριον ἐκβαλὼνparticipial — the next morning — the coins drawn out; leans on ἔδωκεν
ἔδωκεν δύο δηνάρια τῷ πανδοχεῖcontent — two denarii — two days' wages, several days' lodging; πανδοχεύς, NT hapax
καὶ εἶπεν·content — speech within the parable — the Samaritan's own words
Ἐπιμελήθητι αὐτοῦ,content — the innkeeper commissioned with the Samaritan's own verb (v. 34)
καὶ ὅ τι ἂν προσδαπανήσῃςconditional — indefinite-relative protasis — προσδαπανάω, NT hapax; leans on ἀποδώσω
ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ἐπανέρχεσθαί με ἀποδώσω σοι.content — the open-ended guarantee — emphatic ἐγώ: mercy that does not cap its cost
vv. 36–37 — the question inverted: 'go and do likewise'
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τίς τούτων τῶν τριῶν πλησίον δοκεῖ σοι γεγονέναι τοῦ ἐμπεσόντος εἰς τοὺς λῃστάς;content — Jesus' inversion — not 'who is my neighbor?' but who became (γεγονέναι) neighbor: defined by the doer, not the object
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ὁ δὲ εἶπεν·independent — the lawyer's answer-frame
Ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ’ αὐτοῦ.content — the answer without the word 'Samaritan' — ποιεῖν ἔλεος μετά, the LXX idiom for ḥesed; verbless
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς·independent — the closing frame
Πορεύουcontent — the dismissal — out of definition, into practice
καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.content — emphatic σύ, present imperative — mercy as habitual practice; the test turned back on the tester
Martha and Mary — the one necessary thing 10:38–42
vv. 38–39 — the two sisters: the host and the listener
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Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺςphrase modifier — Lukan temporal idiom (ἐν τῷ + infinitive) — the journey to Jerusalem continues; leans on εἰσῆλθεν
αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά·independent — the village unnamed (Bethany, John 11:1)
γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι Μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.independent — Martha the host — ὑποδέχομαι, she receives him into her house
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καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη Μαριάμ,independent — dative of possession — 'to this woman was a sister'
ἣ καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.relative — the disciple's posture — at the feet (Acts 22:3); imperfect ἤκουεν, sustained listening
vv. 40–42 — the complaint, and the pronouncement on the good portion
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ἡ δὲ Μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν·independent — περισπάω — literally dragged about by much διακονία; the πολλήν that v. 41 will echo
ἐπιστᾶσα δὲparticipial — ἐφίστημι — bursting in on the scene; leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν·independent — the complaint-frame
Κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοιcontent — the reproach reaches the Lord himself — οὐ expects 'yes, you do'
ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλειπεν διακονεῖν;content — the grievance — μόνην fronted: abandoned to serve single-handed
εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇcontent — the demand — the Lord conscripted as referee
ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.content — ἵνα of commanded content — συναντιλαμβάνομαι, 'take hold together with': lend a hand
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ἀποκριθεὶς δὲparticipial — preposed participle — leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος·independent — ὁ κύριος again — the narrative title at the pronouncement
Μάρθα Μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,content — the doubled vocative, tender not harsh — anxious (μεριμνᾷς) and agitated (θορυβάζῃ; rival reading τυρβάζῃ) περὶ πολλά
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ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία·content — the crux: the shorter ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία is printed; the well-attested longer reading ὀλίγων δέ ἐστιν χρεία ἢ ἑνός ('few things are necessary — or one') stands beside it, and some witnesses omit
Μαρία γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατοcause — the γάρ-ground — μερίς: the table-portion become one's lot; her choice defines the one thing
ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.relative — qualitative ἥτις, future passive — the lasting portion: no one will remove it
Analysis. Luke 10 alternates frame and speech four times, and the layout shows each speech as a blue cnt catena hanging from a single verb of saying. First the mission: after the appointing sentence of v. 1 — with its famously split ἑβδομήκοντα [δύο], seventy in some weighty witnesses and seventy-two in others (the nations of Gen 10, or the elders of Num 11), bracketed here and at v. 17 — the imperfect ἔλεγεν of v. 2 carries the whole charge of vv. 2b–16 at a constant depth one: harvest-prayer, lambs among wolves, the triple prohibition, then the casuistry of reception, whose ἐάν- and conditional-relative protases (vv. 5, 6, 8, 10) lean forward anchor-less one step above their apodoses, while commanded speech nests one deeper under its own λέγετε/εἴπατε (the peace-greeting, the kingdom-announcement, the dust-wiping). The woes on Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum (vv. 13–15, near-verbatim with Matt 11:21–23) stand in the same catena, the contrary-to-fact protasis of v. 13 leaning on its μετενόησαν and the Isaiah-14 taunt kept as question and verdict; v. 16 closes the charge with the šaliach chain. The return (vv. 17–20) reorders joy — not the spirits' submission but names ἐγγέγραπται in heaven — and the thanksgiving of vv. 21–22 hangs its hiding-and-revealing ὅτι-pair under Ἐξομολογοῦμαί, the 'Johannine thunderbolt' of v. 22 following as coordinate speech. Then the Good Samaritan: the whole parable (vv. 30b–36) is one coordinate catena under the εἶπεν of v. 30, its mainline verbs flush at depth one — κατέβαινεν, περιέπεσεν, ἀντιπαρῆλθεν twice, then the Samaritan's cascade of care — with the preposed participles of seeing and approach leaning forward anchor-less, so the page shows the pivot: the same ἰδών that twice precedes avoidance precedes ἐσπλαγχνίσθη. Jesus' closing Τίς τούτων question inverts the lawyer's (who became neighbor, not who qualifies as one), and the answer comes without the word 'Samaritan.' Cruxes taken openly: ἤγγικεν (vv. 9, 11) is glossed 'has drawn near' and left between approach and arrival; at v. 41 θορυβάζῃ is flagged against its rival τυρβάζῃ; and at v. 42 the printed ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία is flagged against the well-attested longer reading ὀλίγων δέ ἐστιν χρεία ἢ ἑνός ('few things are necessary — or one'), the layout letting Mary's γάρ-grounded good portion define the one necessary thing without condemning Martha's διακονία.