Luke 10:1-11
The Mission of the Seventy-Two
10:1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
10:2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
10:3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.
10:4 Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.
10:5 Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘May peace be on this house!’
10:6 And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.
10:7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.
10:8 Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.
10:9 Heal the sick in that town and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’
10:10 But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,
10:11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’