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

¹ After these things the Lord appointed another seventy also and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he himself would come. ² Therefore he said unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. ³ Go; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. ⁴ Carry neither purse nor provision bag nor shoes, and greet no one on the way. ⁵ And into whatever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. ⁶ And if indeed there is a son of peace there, your peace shall rest upon it; if not, it shall turn to you again. ⁷ And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. ⁸ And into whatever city ye enter and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you ⁹ and heal the sick that are therein and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come near unto you. ¹⁰ But into whatever city ye enter and they receive you not, go out into the streets of the same and say, ¹¹ Even the very dust of your city which cleaves on us we do wipe off against you; notwithstanding be ye sure of this that the kingdom of God is come near unto you. ¹² But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

¹³ Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they would have repented a long while ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ Therefore it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. ¹⁵ And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto the heavens, shalt be thrust down to Hades. ¹⁶ He that hears you hears me, and he that despises you despises me, and he that despises me despises him that sent me.

¹⁷ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.

¹⁸ And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. ¹⁹ Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. ²⁰ Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject unto you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.