Luke 10:1-11

1 After this, the Lord chose seventy-twon others and sent them out in pairs ahead of him into every town and place where he planned to go.

2 He said to them, "There are a great many people to harvest, but there are only a few workers. So pray to God, who owns the harvest, that he will send more workers to help gather his harvest.

3 Go now, but listen! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.

4 Don't carry a purse, a bag, or sandals, and don't waste time talking with people on the road.

5 Before you go into a house, say, 'Peace be with this house.'

6 If peaceful people live there, your blessing of peace will stay with them, but if not, then your blessing will come back to you.

7 Stay in the peaceful house, eating and drinking what the people there give you. A worker should be given his pay. Don't move from house to house.

8 If you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat what they give you.

9 Heal the sick who live there, and tell them, 'The kingdom of God is near you.'

10 But if you go into a town, and the people don't welcome you, then go into the streets and say,

11 'Even the dirt from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the kingdom of God is near.'