Week 21 - Read­ing 8 

Lat­er the Lord chose sev­en­­ty-two oth­er fol­low­ers and sent them out two by two to every town and vil­lage where he was about to go.  He said to them:

A large crop is in the fields, but there are only a few work­ers.  Ask the Lord in charge of the har­vest to send out work­ers to bring it in.  Now go, but remem­ber, I am send­ing you like lambs into a pack of wolves.  Don’t take along a mon­ey­bag or a trav­el­ing bag or san­dals.  And don’t waste time greet­ing peo­ple on the road.  As soon as you enter a home, say, “God bless this home with peace.”  If the peo­ple liv­ing there are peace-lov­ing, your prayer for peace will bless them.  But if they are not peace-lov­ing, your prayer will return to you.  Stay with the same fam­i­ly, eat­ing and drink­ing what­ev­er they give you, because work­ers are worth what they earn.  Don’t move around from house to house.

If the peo­ple of a town wel­come you, eat what­ev­er they offer.  Heal their sick and say, “God’s king­dom will soon be here!”

But if the peo­ple of a town refuse to wel­come you, go out into the street and say, “We are shak­ing the dust from our feet as a warn­ing to you.  And you can be sure that God’s king­dom will soon be here!”  I tell you that on the day of judg­ment the peo­ple of Sodom will get off eas­i­er than the peo­ple of that town!

Luke 10:1-12
Con­tem­po­rary Eng­lish Ver­sion The Holy Bible (New York , NY: Amer­i­can Bible Soci­ety 1995)