Luke 10:1-12

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1 After this the Lord appointed ¹seventy-two^[a] others and ²sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

2 ³And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ⁴Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

3 Go your way; ⁵behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

4 ⁶Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ⁷greet no one on the road.

5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ⁸'Peace be to this house!'

6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, ⁹it will return to you.

7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ¹⁰the 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, ¹¹'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 ¹²'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that ¹³the kingdom of God has come near.'

12 I tell you, ¹⁴it will be more bearable on ¹⁵that day for Sodom than for that town.