Luke 9:51-10:12

New American Standard Bible

⁵¹ When the days were approaching for ^(A)His ^[a]ascension, He ^[b]was determined ^(B)to go to Jerusalem; ⁵² and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the ^(C)Samaritans to ^[c]make arrangements for Him. ⁵³ And they did not receive Him, ^(D)because ^[d]He was traveling toward Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ When His disciples ^(E)James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to ^(F)command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” ⁵⁵ But He turned and rebuked them.^{[e] 56} And they went on to another village.

Exacting Discipleship

^57 (G)As they were going on the road, ^(H)someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.” ⁵⁸ And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but ^(I)the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” ⁵⁹ And He said to another, “^(J)Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” ⁶⁰ But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and ^(K)proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.” ⁶¹ Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord; but ^(L)first permit me to say goodbye to those at my home.” ⁶² But Jesus said to him, “^(M)No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

The Seventy-two Sent Out

10 Now after this ^(N)the Lord appointed ^[f]seventy-two ^(O)others, and sent them ^(P)in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. ² And He was saying to them, “^(Q)The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. ³ Go; ^(R)behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves. ^4 (S)Carry no money belt, no ^[g]bag, no sandals, and greet no one along the way. ⁵ And whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’ ⁶ And if a ^[h]man of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you. ⁷ Stay in ^[i]that house, eating and drinking ^[j]what they provide; for ^(T)the laborer is deserving of his wages. Do not move from house to house. ⁸ Whatever city you enter and they receive you, ^(U)eat what is served to you; ⁹ and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘^(V)The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰ But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, ¹¹ ‘^(W)Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet ^[k]be sure of this, that ^(X)the kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹² I say to you, ^(Y)it will be more tolerable on that day for ^(Z)Sodom than for that city.