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.

Cross References

• 1. 10:1 Ex. 24:1, 9; Num. 11:16
• 2. 10:1 [ch. 9:2, 52]
• 3. 10:2 Matt. 9:37, 38; John 4:35
• 4. 10:2 [2 Thess. 3:1]
• 5. 10:3 Matt. 10:16; [John 17:18]
• 6. 10:4 For ver. 4-12, [ch. 9:1-5; 22:35; Matt. 10:9-15; Mark 6:8-11]
• 7. 10:4 2 Kgs. 4:29
• 8. 10:5 1 Sam. 25:6
• 9. 10:6 [Ps. 35:13 (Heb.)]
• 10. 10:7 See 1 Tim. 5:18
• 11. 10:9 ver. 11; See Matt. 3:2
• 12. 10:11 Acts 13:51; [Neh. 5:13; Acts 18:6]
• 13. 10:11 ver. 9
• 14. 10:12 See Matt. 10:15
• 15. 10:12 Matt. 7:22

Footnotes

• [a] 10:1 Some manuscripts 'seventy'; also verse 17