Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two^(A)(B)(C)

10 After this the Lord^(D) appointed seventy-two^[a] others^(E) and sent them two by two^(F) ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.^(G)

⁸ “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.^{(A) 9} Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God^(B) 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.^(C) Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’^{(D) 12} I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom^(E) than for that town.^(F)