1 After this the Lord appointed seventy (or seventy two) others and sent them on ahead
of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 2 He said to
them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the
harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

3 Go! See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no purse,
no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first
say, ‘Peace to this house!’ 6 And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace
will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you.

7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the
labourer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. 8 Whenever
you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; 9 cure the
sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets
and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest
against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’

16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and
whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.” 17 The seventy returned with joy,
saying, “Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!”

18 He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. 19 See, I
have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of
the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the
spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

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