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1 After this, the Lord appointed 70 other disciples to go ahead of him to every city and place that he intended to go. They were to travel in pairs.
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1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.
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2 He told them, "The harvest is large, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops.
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2 He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
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3 Go! I'm sending you out like lambs among wolves.
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3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
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4 Don't carry a wallet, a traveling bag, or sandals, and don't stop to greet anyone on the way.
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4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
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5 Whenever you go into a house, greet the family right away with the words, 'May there be peace in this house.'
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5 "When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.'
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6 If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting will be accepted. But if that's not the case, your greeting will be rejected.
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6 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.
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