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

¹ Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others; and sent them away, two and two, before His face, into every city and place, whither He Himself was about to come. ² And He said to them, "The harvest, indeed, is great, but the laborers few. Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He urge forth laborers into His harvest. ³ Go your ways; behold, I am sending you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴ Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way. ⁵ And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' ⁶ And, if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but, if not, it will return to you. ⁷ And in the same house abide, eating and drinking the things supplied by them; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. ⁸ And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you; ⁹ and heal the sick therein, and say to them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.' ¹⁰ But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, going forth into the streets thereof, say, ¹¹ 'Even the dust from your city, that cleaves to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless, know this, that the Kingdom of God has come nigh.' ¹² I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

¹³ "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! because, 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 will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. ¹⁵ And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall 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 subject to us in Thy name!"

¹⁸ And He said to them, "I was beholding Satan fallen as lightning out of the heavens. ¹⁹ Behold, I have given you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall in any wise harm you. ²⁰ Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice, because your names have been written in Heaven."