Luke 10:1–24

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.’

¹²“I say to you, ^ait will be more tolerable in that day for ^bSodom than for that city.

¹³“^aWoe to you, ^bChorazin! Woe to you, ^cBethsaida! For if the ¹miracles had been performed in ^dTyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in ^2esackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴“But it will be more tolerable for ^aTyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

¹⁵“And you, ^aCapernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades!

¹⁶“^aThe one who listens to you listens to Me, and ^bthe one who rejects you rejects Me. And he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The Joyful Results

¹⁷Now the ¹seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even ^athe demons are subject to us in Your name.”

¹⁸And He said to them, “I was watching ^aSatan fall from heaven like lightning.

¹⁹“Behold, I have given you authority to ^atread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

²⁰“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^ayour names are recorded in heaven.”

^21aAt that very ¹time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I ²praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

²²“^aAll things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and ^bno one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

^23aAnd turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,

²⁴for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”