Luke 10:1-20 - The Seventy-Two Appointed And Sent Out

¹ Now after these things the Lord also appointed seventy other men, and sent them by twos before his face into every city and place where he himself was going to come. ² Therefore he said to them, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the workmen are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen into his harvest. ³ Go ye. Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴ Carry no bag, no pouch, no shoes, and greet no man on the way. ⁵ And into whatever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house. ⁶ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him, and if not, it will return to you. ⁷ And remain in the same house eating and drinking from their things, for the workman is worthy of his wage. Do not depart from house to house. ⁸ And into whatever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you. ⁹ And heal the weak in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you. ¹⁰ But into whatever city ye enter, and they will not receive you, after departing into the thoroughfares if it, say, ¹¹ Even the dust that clings on us from your city, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know ye this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you. ¹² I say to you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

¹³ Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works were done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you. ¹⁵ And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted to the sky, will be thrust 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 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are made subject to us in thy name.

¹⁸ And he said to them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from the sky. ¹⁹ Behold, I give you authority to tread over serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and, no, nothing will harm you. ²⁰ Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.