Luke 9:57-10:12

Christian Standard Bible

Following Jesus

⁵⁷ As they were traveling on the road someone said to him,^(A) “I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁵⁸ Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ⁵⁹ Then he said to another, “Follow me.”

“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

⁶⁰ But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”^(B)

⁶¹ Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”^(C)

⁶² But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Sending Out the Seventy-Two

10 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two^[a] others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. ² He told them,^(D) “The harvest^(E) is abundant, but the workers^(F) are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.^{(G) 3} Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves.^{(H) 4} Don’t carry a money-bag,^(I) traveling bag,^(J) or sandals; ^(K) don’t greet anyone along the road. ⁵ Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace^(L) to this household.’ ⁶ If a person of peace is there, your peace^(M) will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. ⁷ Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages.^(N) Don’t move from house to house. ⁸ When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.^{(O) 9} Heal the sick^(P) who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God^(Q) has come near^(R) you.’ ¹⁰ When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ¹¹ ‘We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you.^(S) Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹² I tell you, on that day^(T) it will be more tolerable for Sodom^(U) than for that town.^(V)