Jesus Commissions the Seventy

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After this, the Lord appointed seventy other talmidim and sent them on ahead in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go.

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He said to them, “To be sure, there is a large harvest. But there are few workers. Therefore, plead with the Lord of the Harvest that he speed workers out to gather in his harvest.

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Get going now, but pay attention! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

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Don’t carry a money-belt or a pack, and don’t stop to shmoose with people on the road.

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“Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘Shalom!’ to the household.

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If a seeker of shalom is there, your ‘Shalom!’ will find its rest with him; and if there isn’t, it will return to you.

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Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for a worker deserves his wages — don’t move about from house to house.

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“Whenever you come into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is put in front of you.

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Heal the sick there, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is near you.’

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But whenever you enter a town and they don’t make you welcome, go out into its streets and say,

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‘Even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off as a sign against you! But understand this: the Kingdom of God is near!’

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I tell you, it will be more tolerable on the Day of Judgment for S’dom than for that town.

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