1 | After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. |
2 | And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. |
3 | Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. |
4 | Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and salute no one on the road. |
5 | Whatever house you enter, first say, `Peace be to this house!' |
6 | And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you. |
7 | And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house. |
8 | Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you; |
9 | heal the sick in it and say to them, `The kingdom of God has come near to you.' |
10 | But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, |
11 | `Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.' |
12 | I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town. |
13 | "Woe to you, Chora'zin! woe to you, Beth-sa'ida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. |
14 | But it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. |
15 | And you, Caper'na-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. |
16 | "He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." |
17 | The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" |