10 After all this, the master appointed seventy-two others and he sent them out in pairs to go ahead of him to every town and village that he would pass through. 2 He told them, “There’s a large harvest ready, but there’s only a few workers. So ask the owner of the crop to send out more workers to help with his harvest.[ref] 3 So get moving—see, I’m sending you out like lambs with wolves all around.[ref] 4 Don’t take a wallet or backpack or spare sandals, and don’t greet people on the road.

5 “Whenever you’re welcomed into a home, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 And if there’s someone there worthy of peace,[fn] then your peace will rest on that home, but if not, your peace will return to you. 7 Then stay in that same house and eat and drink what they give you, because the worker is worthy of his compensation.[ref] Don’t be moving from house to house. 8 Whenever you all go into some place and the locals accept you, then eat what they give you. 9 Heal the sick there and tell them that God’s kingdom is near. 10 But if you all go into some place and they don’t accept you, then go out to the roads and announce, 11 ‘We’re wiping off even the dust from your place that stuck to our footwear,[ref] however you all need to know anyway that God’s kingdom is near.’[ref] 12 I’m telling you that it will be more bearable for the people of Sedom[ref] in that day than for the people in that place.[ref]