4Do not take a purse or bag or sandals. And don’t greet anyone on the road.

5“When you enter a house, first say, ‘May this house be blessed with peace.’ 6If someone there loves peace, your blessing of peace will rest on him. If not, it will return to you. 7Stay in that house. Eat and drink anything they give you. Workers are worthy of their pay. Do not move around from house to house.

8“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is set down in front of you. 9Heal the sick people who are there. Tell them, ‘God’s kingdom is near you.’

10“But what if you enter a town and are not welcomed? Then go into its streets and say, 11‘We wipe off even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet. We do it to show that God isn’t pleased with you. But here is what you can be sure of. God’s kingdom is near.’

12“I tell you this. On judgment day it will be easier for Sodom than for that town.

13“How terrible it will be for you, Korazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! Suppose the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon. They would have turned away from their sins long ago. They would have put on black clothes. They would have sat down in ashes. 14On judgment day it will be easier for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

15“And what about you, Capernaum? Will you be lifted up to heaven? No! You will go down to the place of the dead.

16“Anyone who listens to you listens to me. Anyone who does not accept you does not accept me. And anyone who does not accept me does not accept the One who sent me.”