Luke:10:1-24
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After this the Lord chose seventy other men .
He sent them ahead of him ,
two by two .
He sent them to every town and village that he was going to visit .
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He said to them ,
The harvest is much ,
but there are not many people to gather it .
So talk to the Lord of this harvest and ask him to send out people to his harvest .
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Go on your way now .
I am sending you out among people .
You will be like sheep among bad animals .
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Do not take money ,
or a bag ,
or shoes .
And do not stop to talk with anyone on the road .
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When you go into a house ,
first say , "
May God give peace to this family ."
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If a man of peace is there ,
your blessing will stay with him .
If not ,
your blessing will come back to you .
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Stay in that house .
Eat and drink what the people give you .
The one who works should have his pay for it .
Do not move from one house to another house .
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When you go into a town and they take you in ,
eat what is put before you .
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Heal the sick people in the town .
Tell the people , "
The kingdom of God has come to you ."
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But when you go into a town and they do not take you in ,
then go out into the streets of the town .
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Say to the people , "
We wipe off even the dust of the town that is on our feet .
This will be a sign to you .
But remember this ,
the kingdom of God has come ."
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I tell you this .
On the day when people are judged ,
they will be punished more than the people in the city of Sodom .
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Chorazin ,
you will have trouble !
Bethsaida ,
you will have trouble !
If the big works I did in you had been done in the cities of Tyre and Sidon ,
the people there would have stopped doing bad things long ago .
They would wear the clothes people wear to show they are sad ,
and would sit in ashes .
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But on the day when people are judged you will be punished more than the people in the cities of Tyre and Sidon .
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Capernaum ,
will you be lifted up to the sky ?
No ,
you will go down to the place of the dead .
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Anyone who listens to you listens to me .
Anyone who does not believe you does not believe me .
Anyone who does not believe me does not believe the one who sent me .
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The seventy men Jesus had sent out came back very happy .
They said ,
Lord ,
even the bad spirits obey us when we talk to them in your name !
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Jesus said to them ,
I saw Satan fall from the sky like lightning .
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I have given you power over all the power of the enemy .
Nothing will hurt you .
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Do not be glad that the bad spirits obey you .
But be glad that your names are written in the book in heaven .
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At that same time the Holy Spirit made Jesus very happy .
Jesus said ,
Father ,
you are Lord of heaven and earth .
I thank you because you have hidden these things from people who are wise and know many things .
But you have shown them to people who are like children .
Yes ,
Father .
That was the way you wanted it .
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My Father has given everything to me .
No one knows who the Son is but the Father .
No one knows who the Father is but the Son and those to whom the Son wants to show him .
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Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said to them alone ,
God is blessing the eyes of people who see what you see !
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I tell you this .
Many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see .
But they did not see them .
They wanted to hear the things you hear .
But they did not hear them .
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