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

¹ After this the Lord nominated seventy disciples more, and sent them before by two and two, into all the cities, and towns, where he himself design'd to go. ² and he said to them, the harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few: intreat therefore the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers into his harvest. ³ go then: I send you as lambs among wolves. ⁴ carry neither purse, nor bag, nor shoes; neither salute any man by the way. ⁵ at your entrance into any house, first say, prosperity be to this family. ⁶ if any be there, who deserve your benediction, it shall have its effect upon them; otherwise, it shall redound to your own advantage. ⁷ continue in the same house, and eat and drink whatever it affords: for a labourer deserves his wages: therefore don't shift from family to family. ⁸ when you come to any city, where they receive you, eat without scruple, whatever food is set before you, ⁹ and heal the sick you find there. tell the inhabitants the kingdom of God is drawing nigh unto them. ¹⁰ but when you enter into any city, and they refuse to entertain you, go through the streets, ¹¹ and cry, "we shake off the dust, that sticks to our feet, against you: but take notice, the kingdom of God has been near you." ¹² I declare unto you, that the people of Sodom shall be treated with less severity in the day of judgment, than that city.

¹³ wo unto thee Chorazin; wo unto thee Bethsaida: for if the miracles, which have been wrought among you, had been wrought in Tyre and Sidon, they would long since have lain repenting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴ therefore Tyre and Sidon shall be treated with less severity in the day of judgment, than you. ¹⁵ and thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to the sky, shall be plung'd into an abyss. ¹⁶ he that adheres to you, adheres to me; he that rejects you, rejects me: and he that rejects me, rejecteth him that sent me.

¹⁷ At length the seventy return'd with great joy, saying, Lord, even the demons have been made subject to us by virtue of your name.

¹⁸ upon which he said to them, I beheld satan falling, like lightning, from heaven. ¹⁹ I have authoriz'd you to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and triumph over all the power of the enemy; so that nothing shall be capable of doing you any mischief. ²⁰ however, let not this be the matter of your rejoicing, that the spirits are subject to you: but rejoice, that you have a title to the joys of heaven.