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Jesus Sets His Course For Jerusalem

⁵¹ Now it came about during the days of ^[a] His ascension being fulfilled, that He set His face^[b] that He might proceed to Jerusalem.

Jesus Sends Messengers Ahead To Samaria. They Are Not Welcomed

⁵² And He sent out messengers ahead of His presence. And having gone, they entered into a village of Samaritans so-as to prepare for Him. ⁵³ And they did not welcome Him, because His face was going toward Jerusalem. ⁵⁴ And the disciples having seen it, James and John said, “Lord, do You want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” ⁵⁵ But having turned, He rebuked them. ⁵⁶ And they proceeded to another village.

Jesus Says Follow Me Now, Unbound By Earthly Concerns

⁵⁷ And while they were proceeding on the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go”. ⁵⁸ And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man does not have a place where He may lay His head”. ⁵⁹ And He said to another, “Be following Me”. But the one said, “Master, permit me, having gone, to first bury^[c] my father”. ⁶⁰ But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead. But you, having gone, be proclaiming the kingdom of God”. ⁶¹ And another also said, “I will follow You, Master. But first permit me to say-good-bye to the ones in my house”. ⁶² But Jesus said to him, “No one having put his hand on the plow and looking to the things behind^[d] is fit^[e] for the kingdom of God”.

Jesus Sends Seventy-Two To The Cities Ahead of Him

10 And after these things, the Lord appointed seventy two^[f] others, and sent them out ahead of His presence two by two, to every city and place where He Himself was going to go.

Jesus Empowers Them And Instructs Them On How To Conduct Themselves

² And He was saying to them “The harvest is great, but the workers are few! Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest that He send-out workers into His harvest. ³ Go! Behold— I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴ Do not be carrying a money-bag^[g]; not a [traveler’s] bag, not sandals. And greet^[h] no one along the road. ⁵ And into whatever house you enter, first say ‘Peace on this house’. ⁶ And if a son of ^[i] peace is there, your peace will rest on him. Otherwise indeed, it will return to you. ⁷ And be staying in the very house, eating and drinking the things from them. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not be passing from house to house. ⁸ And into whatever city you enter and they welcome you, be eating the things being set-before you. ⁹ And be curing the sick ones in it. And be saying to them, ‘The kingdom of God has drawn-near to you’. ¹⁰ But into whatever city you enter and they do not welcome you, having gone out into its wide-roads, say ¹¹ ‘We are wiping-off against you even the dust having clung to us from your city— to our feet. Nevertheless know this: that the kingdom of God has drawn near’. ¹² I say to you that it will be more-tolerable^[j] on that day for Sodom than for that city!