1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two¹ others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said to them, ^l“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of ^mwolves. 4 Carry ⁿno moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ^ogreet no one on the road. 5 Whatever ^phouse you enter, first say, ^q‘Peace be to this house!’ 6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. 7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ^rthe laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. 8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, ^seat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick in it and say to them, ^t‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we ^uwipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be ^vmore bearable on that day for ^wSodom than for that town.

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

16 ^a“The one who hears you hears me, and ^bthe one who rejects you rejects me, and ^cthe one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the ^ddemons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan ^efall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to ^ftread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your ^gnames are written in ^hheaven.”