Luke 10:1-16

The Seventy Sent Out

1 Now after this ¹the Lord appointed seventy ²others, and sent them ³in pairs ahead * of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.

2 And He was saying to them, "⁴The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

3 "Go; ⁵behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

4 "⁶Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.

5 "Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'

6 "If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

7 "Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for ⁷the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.

8 "Whatever city you enter and they receive you, ⁸eat what is set before you;

9 and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, '⁹The kingdom of God has come near to you.'

10 "But whatever * city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

11 '¹⁰Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that ¹¹the kingdom of God has come near.'

12 "I say to you, ¹²it will be more tolerable in that day for ¹³Sodom than for that city.

13 "¹⁴Woe to you, ¹⁵Chorazin! Woe to you, ¹⁶Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in ¹⁷Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in ¹⁸sackcloth and ashes.

14 "But it will be more tolerable for ¹⁹Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

15 "And you, ²⁰Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!