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Jesus Sends Out His Disciples

10 The Lord now chose seventy-two[a] other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit. These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields. Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. Don’t take any money with you, nor a traveler’s bag, nor an extra pair of sandals. And don’t stop to greet anyone on the road.

“Whenever you enter someone’s home, first say, ‘May God’s peace be on this house.’ If those who live there are peaceful, the blessing will stand; if they are not, the blessing will return to you. Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.

“If you enter a town and it welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you. Heal the sick, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is near you now.’ 10 But if a town refuses to welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 11 ‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our feet to show that we have abandoned you to your fate. And know this—the Kingdom of God is near!’ 12 I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:1 Some manuscripts read seventy; also in 10:17.

10 After meta · de this houtos the ho Lord kyrios appointed anadeiknymi seventy-two hebdomēkonta others heteros and kai sent apostellō them autos on pro ahead prosōpon of him autos, two dyo by ana two dyo, into eis every pas town polis and kai place topos where hou he himself autos was about mellō to go erchomai. And de he said legō to pros them autos, “ The ho harvest therismos is plentiful polys, but de the ho workers ergatēs are few oligos. Therefore oun ask deomai the ho Lord kyrios of the ho harvest therismos to hopōs send out ekballō workers ergatēs into eis · ho his autos harvest therismos. Go hypagō then. I am sending apostellō you hymeis as hōs lambs arēn into en the midst mesos of wolves lykos. Carry bastazō no moneybag ballantion, no knapsack pēra, no sandals hypodēma; and kai greet aspazomai no mēdeis one along kata the ho way hodos. In eis whichever hos · de house oikia you enter eiserchomai, first prōton say legō, ‘ Peace eirēnē be to ho this houtos house oikos!’ And kai if ean there is eimi a son hyios of peace eirēnē there ekei, your hymeis peace eirēnē will rest epanapauomai upon epi him autos; · ho but de if ei not , it will return anakamptō to epi you hymeis. Remain menō in en that autos · de · ho house oikia, eating esthiō and kai drinking pinō what ho they provide para, for gar the ho worker ergatēs is worthy axios of ho his autos wages misthos. Do not move metabainō around from ek house oikia to eis house oikia.

· kai In eis whichever hos an town polis you enter eiserchomai, and kai they receive dechomai you hymeis, eat esthiō what ho is placed paratithēmi before you hymeis, and kai heal therapeuō the ho sick asthenēs in en it autos and kai say legō to them autos, ‘ The ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos has come engizō near to epi you hymeis.’ 10 In eis whichever hos · de town polis you enter eiserchomai, and kai they do not receive dechomai you hymeis, go exerchomai out into eis · ho its autos streets platys and say legō, 11  Even kai the ho dust koniortos of ek your hymeis town polis that ho clings kollaō to eis our hēmeis · ho · ho feet pous we wipe apomassō off against you hymeis. But plēn know ginōskō this houtos: the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos has come engizō near .’ 12 I tell legō you hymeis, it will be eimi more bearable anektos for Sodom Sodoma on en · ho that ekeinos day hēmera than ē for ho that ekeinos town polis.

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