1: After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2: Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers 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: Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5: 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. 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 therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. 10: But into whatsoever city ye enter, 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 you: notwithstanding be 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 Sidon, 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. 15: And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 16: He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 17: And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18: And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20: Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 21: In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22: All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 23: And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 24: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

1: After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

Jesus now sends 70 disciples two by two (previously trained by Jesus after the 12 were sent out) into every city and place He would come.

2: Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers 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.

Jesus tells them that they are as lambs among wolves

4: Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

He tells them not to provide money nor bag for food (scrip # 4082), nor clothing (shoes) and not to embrace (salute) anyone (or become so attached to them that you couldn’t leave them or have to depend on them). In other words, Jesus tells them that they will have to depend entirely upon Him for their needs.

5: 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.

Then Jesus tells them that they are not to go house to house for their food (eating and drinking) but are to stay in one house.

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 therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

Jesus tells them that they are to eat such things as are set before them in the cities that receive them, and that they are to heal the sick and tell them the gospel (the kingdom of God is come nigh to you).

10: But into whatsoever city ye enter, 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 you: notwithstanding be 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.

They are to wipe off the dust from the cities that would not receive them.

13: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, 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. 15: And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.

Jesus tells them that those cities like Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum have had mighty works done in them and yet they rejected Jesus. He says that cities like Tyre and Sidon and Sodom would have repented if they had the mighty works done in them, that Chorazim and Bethsaida had done in them.

16: He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

Then Jesus tells his disciples that he that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me. In other words if people don’t listen to those that represent Jesus, they wouldn’t listen to Jesus himself.

17: And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18: And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20: Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Jesus gives His disciples (the 70) all power over the enemy Satan and to rejoice because their names are written in heaven.

21: In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22: All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 23: And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 24: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Jesus tells His disciples that they have been privileged to see hidden things that many have desired to see.

Summary of Luke 10:1 – 24

:1 Jesus wants us to go two by two into every city and place.

:2, 3 There is a great harvest and the Lord needs us to work for Him. We will be as lambs among wolves.

:4 We are to depend entirely upon Jesus for our needs.

:5-7 We are to find a “house” that will receive us and work from that “house” as our base.

:8 We are to eat what the Lord provides.

:9 We are to do medical missionary work of healing the sick and teaching the gospel.

:10-12 If there is a city or town that will not receive us or let us work, we are to wipe the dust off our feet” and go to another city.

:13-15 There will be some cities that have mighty works done in them, yet they will reject the message and the messenger.

:16 When we try to teach someone the truths and they reject us, they are really rejecting Jesus because we represent Him.

:17-20 Jesus has given us power over the enemy Satan and He will protect us, but our real joy comes from knowing that our names are written in heaven.

:21-24 Many people have desired to understand the hidden things that are in the Bible. We are very privileged to be able to understand the “hidden things.”