8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you :
9 And heal the sick that are there- in, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10 But into whatsoever city ye en- ter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against vou : notwithstanding, oe ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for
Sodom, than for that city.
13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Si- don, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
16 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
16 He that heareth you heareth me ; and he that despisetn you despi- seth me, and he that d^piseth me ae- spiseth him that sent me.
These verses comprise the second part of our Lord Jesus Christ's charge to the seventy disciples. Its lessons, like those of the first part, have a special reference to minis- ters and teachers of the Gospel. But they contain truths which deserve the serious attention of all members of the Church of Christ.
The first point we should notice in these verses is the simplicity of the tidings which our Lord commanded some of His first messengers to proclaim, "We read that they were commissioned to say, "The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you."