1 After these things the Lord ap- pointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, wMther he him- self would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labour- ers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Garry neither purse, nor scrip,
nor shoes : and salute no man by the way.
o And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if the Son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it : if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give : for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
The verses before us relate a circumstance which is not recorded by any Gospel writer except St. Luke. That circumstance is our Lord's appointment of seventy dis- ciples to go before His face, in addition to the twelve
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