Luke 10:1-12

New International Reader's Version

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

10 After this the Lord appointed 72 others. He sent them out two by two ahead of him. They went to every town and place where he was about to go. ² He told them, “The harvest is huge, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest 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 don’t greet anyone on the road.

⁵ “When you enter a house, first say, ‘May this house be blessed with peace.’ ⁶ If someone there works to bring peace, your blessing of peace will rest on them. If not, it will return to you. ⁷ Stay there, and eat and drink anything they give you. Workers are worthy of their pay. Do not move around from house to house.

⁸ “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is given to you. ⁹ Heal the sick people who are there. Tell them, ‘God’s kingdom has come near to you.’ ¹⁰ But what if you enter a town and are not welcomed? Then go into its streets and say, ¹¹ ‘We wipe from our feet even the dust of your town. We do it to warn you. But here is what you can be sure of. God’s kingdom has come near.’ ¹² I tell you this. On judgment day it will be easier for Sodom than for that town.