Luke 10:1–11

The Seventy Sent Out

¹Now after this ^athe Lord appointed ¹seventy ^bothers, and sent them ^cin pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.

²And He was saying to them, “^aThe harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

³“Go! ^aBehold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

⁴“^aCarry no money belt, no bag, no sandals, and greet no one on the way.

⁵“Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

⁶“And if a ¹man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him, but if not, it will return to you.

⁷“Stay in ¹that house, eating and drinking ²what they give you; for ^athe laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.

⁸“And whatever city you enter and they receive you, ^aeat what is set before you;

⁹and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘^aThe kingdom of God has come near to you.’

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

¹¹‘^aEven the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off against you; yet know this, that ^bthe kingdom of God is at hand.’