Luke:10:1-24

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* After this the Lord appointed seventy others , and sent them ahead of him , two by two , into every town and place where he himself was about to go . * And he said to them , »The harvest is plentiful , but the laborers are few ; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest . * Go your way ; behold , I send you out as lambs among wolves . * Carry no purse , no bag , no sandals ; and greet no one on the road . * Whatever house you enter , first say , ‘Peace to this house .’ * And if a son of peace is there , your peace will rest on him ; if not , it will return to you . * And remain in the same house , eating and drinking what they give , for the laborer deserves his wages . Do not go from house to house . * Whenever you enter a town and they receive you , eat what is set before you . * Heal the sick there and say to them , ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you .’ * But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you , go into its streets and say , * ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet , we wipe off against you . Nevertheless know this , that the kingdom of God has come near .’ * I tell you , it will be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town . * »Woe to you , Chorazin ! Woe to you , Bethsaida ! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon , they would have repented long ago , sitting in sackcloth and ashes . * But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you . * And you , Capernaum , * »He who hears you hears me , he who rejects you rejects me , and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me .« * The seventy returned with joy , saying , »Lord , even the demons are subject to us in your name .« * And he said to them , »I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven . * Behold , I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions , and over all the power of the enemy ; and nothing shall hurt you . * Nevertheless do not rejoice in this , that the spirits are subject to you , but rejoice that your names are written in heaven .« * At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said , »I thank you , Father , Lord of heaven and earth , that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes . Yes , Father , for so it was your good pleasure . * All things have been delivered to me by my Father , and no one knows who the Son is except the Father , and who the Father is except the Son , and the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him .« * Then he turned to his disciples and said privately , »Blessed are the eyes which see what you see . * For I tell you that 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 .«

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