Luke 10:1-21

¹Now after these things, the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

²Then He said to them: “The harvest is indeed great, but the workers are few; therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He may send out workers into His harvest.

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

⁴Do not carry a purse, nor a knapsack, nor sandals; and greet no one along the road.

⁵Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

⁶If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you.

⁷Remain in that same house, eating and drinking what they offer, because the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

⁸“And into whatever town you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

⁹Heal the sick therein and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹⁰But into whatever town you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say:

¹¹‘Even the dust of your town that clings to us we wipe off against you. Nonetheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹²I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that town.

¹³“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴Nevertheless it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgment than for you.

¹⁵And you, Capernaum, who are ‘exalted to heaven’, will be brought down to Hades.

¹⁶“He who listens to you listens to me, and he who rejects you rejects me; but he who rejects me rejects Him who sent me!”

¹⁷Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

¹⁸So He said to them: “I watched Satan fall like lightning out of heaven.

¹⁹Take note, I am giving you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all may harm you.

²⁰However, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

²¹In that same hour Jesus exulted in His spirit and said: “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to ‘infants’. Yes, Father, because it pleased you to do so.”