NARRATOR: Jesus appointed 72 other missionaries and sent them in pairs ahead of him to every town and place he intended to visit.
JESUS: The harvest is rich but the workers are few. Therefore ask the master of the harvest to send out workers into the harvest. Go on your way. Remember, I am sending you as lambs in the midst of wolves. Do not carry a walking staff or traveling bag; wear no sandals and greet no one along the way. Whatever house you enter, say first:
MISSIONARY: Peace to this house.
JESUS: If anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; if not, it will come back to you. Stay in the one house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what they set before you and cure the sick there. Say to them:
MISSIONARY: The reign of God has come near.
Luke 10.1-9
Sunday Readings: Isaiah 66.10-14, Galatians 6.14-18, Luke 10.1-9