Luke 10:1-12

International Children’s Bible

Jesus Sends the 72 Men

10 After this, the Lord chose 72^[a] others. He sent them out in pairs. He sent them ahead of him into every town and place where he planned to go. ² He said to them, “There are a great many people to harvest. But there are only a few workers to harvest them. God owns the harvest. Pray to God that he will send more workers to help gather his harvest. ³ You can go now. But listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. ⁴ Don’t carry a purse, a bag, or sandals. Don’t stop to talk with people on the road. ⁵ Before you go into a house, say, ‘Peace be with this house.’ ⁶ If a peaceful man lives there, your blessing of peace will stay with him. If the man is not peaceful, then your blessing of peace will come back to you. ⁷ Stay in the same house. Eat and drink what the people there give you. A worker should be given his pay. Don’t move from house to house. ⁸ If you go into a town and the people welcome you, eat what they give you. ⁹ Heal the sick who live there. Tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is soon coming to you!’ ¹⁰ But if you go into a town, and the people don’t welcome you, then go out into the streets of that town. Say to them, ¹¹ ‘Even the dirt from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you.^[b] But remember that the kingdom of God is coming soon.’ ¹² I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be worse for the people of that town than for the people of Sodom.^[c]