Living_Oracles(i)
1 Afterward, the Lord appointed seventy others, also, and sent them, two and two, before him, into every city and place whither he intended to go.
2 And he said to them, The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are few: pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he would send laborers to reap it.
3 Go, then; behold, I send you forth as lambs amongst wolves.
4 Carry no purse, nor bag, nor shoes; and salute no person by the way.
5 Whatever house you enter, say, first, Peace be to this house.
6 And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; if not, it shall return upon itself.
7 But remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as it affords; for the workman is worthy of his wages; go not from house to house.
8 And whatever city you enter, if they receive you, eat such things as are set before you;
9 cure the sick, and say to them, The Reign of God comes upon you.
10 But whatever city you enter, if they do not receive you, go out into the streets, and say,
11 The very dirt of your streets, which cleaves to us, we wipe off against you; know, however, that the Reign of God draws nigh to you.
12 I assure you, that the condition of Sodom shall be more tolerable on that day, than the condition of that city.
13 Alas, for thee, Chorazin! Alas, for thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles which have been performed in you, had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they had reformed long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 Wherefore, the condition of Tyre and Sidon shall be more tolerable, in the judgment, than yours.
15 And thou, Capernaum, which has been exalted in heaven, shall be thrown down to hades.
16 He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that rejects me, rejects him who sent me.