Luke 10:1-12

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two^[a] others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.

7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.

9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,

11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’

12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

Cross References

• 1. S Luke 7:13
• 2. Lk 9:1,2,51,52
• 3. Mark 6:7
• 4. Matthew 10:1
• 5. Matthew 9:37,38; John 4:35
• 6. Matthew 10:16
• 7. Matthew 10:10; 1 Corinthians 9:14; S 1 Timothy 5:18
• 8. 1 Corinthians 10:27
• 9. S Matthew 3:2; Matthew 10:7
• 10. S Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11
• 11. ver 9
• 12. S Matthew 10:15
• 13. Matthew 11:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts "seventy" ; also in verse 17