Luke 9:57-10:12

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The Cost of Following Jesus^(A)

⁵⁷ As they were walking along the road,^(B) a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁵⁸ Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man^(C) has no place to lay his head.”

⁵⁹ He said to another man, “Follow me.”^(D)

But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”^(E)

⁶¹ Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”^(F)

⁶² Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two^(G)(H)(I)

10 After this the Lord^(J) appointed seventy-two^[a] others^(K) and sent them two by two^(L) ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.^{(M) 2} He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.^{(N) 3} Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.^{(O) 4} Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

⁵ “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ ⁶ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. ⁷ Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.^(P) Do not move around from house to house.

⁸ “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you.^{(Q) 9} Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God^(R) 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.^(S) Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’^{(T) 12} I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom^(U) than for that town.^(V)