Luke 10:1-24

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1After this the Lord appointed ^aseventy-two ▼

▼Some manuscripts seventy; also verse 17

others and ^csent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 ^dAnd he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^eTherefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3Go your way; ^fbehold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 ^gCarry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ^hgreet no one on the road. 5Whatever house you enter, first say, ⁱ‘Peace be to this house!’ 6And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, ^jit will return to you. 7And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ^kthe laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. 9Heal the sick in it and say to them, ^l‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 ^m‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that ⁿthe kingdom of God has come near.’ 12I tell you, ^oit will be more bearable on ^pthat day for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

13 ^q“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in ^rTyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 ^sBut it will be more bearable in the judgment for ^tTyre and Sidon than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, ^uwill you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to ^vHades.

16 ^w“The one who hears you hears me, and ^xthe one who rejects you rejects me, and ^ythe one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

The Return of the Seventy-Two

17 ^zThe seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, ^aaeven the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18And he said to them, ^ab“I saw Satan ^acfall like lightning from heaven. 19Behold, I have given you authority ^adto tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^aethe enemy, and ^afnothing shall hurt you. 20 ^agNevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^ahyour names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices in the Father’s Will

21 ^aiIn that same hour ^ajhe rejoiced ^akin the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, ^alLord of heaven and earth, that ^amyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^anrevealed them to little children; yes, Father, for ^aosuch was your gracious will. ▼

▼Or  for so it pleased you well

22 ^aqAll things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is ^arexcept the Father, or who the Father is ^asexcept the Son and anyone ^atto whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

23Then turning to the disciples he said privately, ^au“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24For I tell you ^avthat many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”