Luke 10:1-10

1 After this the Lord chose another seventy-two men and sent them out two by two, to go ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go.

2 He said to them, "There is a large harvest, but few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest. ¹

3 Go! I am sending you like lambs among wolves. ²

4 Don't take a purse or a beggar's bag or shoes; don't stop to greet anyone on the road.

5 Whenever you go into a house, first say, "Peace be with this house.'

6 If someone who is peace-loving lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on that person; if not, take back your greeting of peace.

7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another. ³

8 Whenever you go into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you,

9 heal the sick in that town, and say to the people there, "The Kingdom of God has come near you.'

10 But whenever you go into a town and are not welcomed, go out in the streets and say, ⁴

Cross References

• 1. 10.2Matthew 9.37, 38.
• 2. 10.3Matthew 10.16.
• 3. 10.71 Corinthians 9.14;1 Timothy 5.18.
• 4. 10.10, 11Acts 13.51.

Footnotes

• [a]. seventy-two; [some manuscripts have] seventy.