Luke 10:1–12

The Mission of the Seventy-Two

¹⁰After this the Lord appointed seventy-two^c others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go.^{* 2}He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.^{* 3}Go on your way; I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.^{* 4}Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals, and greet no one on the road.^{* 5}Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’^{* 6}And if a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on that person, but if not, it will return to you. ⁷Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.^{* 8}Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; ⁹cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’^{d* 10}But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ¹¹‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’^{e* 12}I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.^*