Luke 10

The Seventy-Two Are Sent

1After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he was about to visit. 2He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. 3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4Carry no moneybag, travel bag, or sandals, and greet no one along the road. 5Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves their wages. Do not move from house to house. 8Whenever you enter a town and they welcome you, eat what is set before you. 9Heal the sick there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’