To: ALL WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR
From; GOD THE FATHER, THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
The Helper, that He may be with you forever. [John
14:16 ]
The Seventy Sent Out
1 Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in
pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.
2 And
He was saying to them, “The harvest is
plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers into His harvest.
3 “Go;
behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
4 “Carry
no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.
5 “Whatever
house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’
6 “If
a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will
return to you.
7 “Stay
in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is
worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.
8 “Whatever
city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;
9 and
heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘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 ‘Even
the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against
you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’
12 “I
say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida ! For if the miracles had been
performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have
repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 “But
it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment
than for you.
15 “And
you, Capernaum ,
will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!