1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.
3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.
4 Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.
5 Whenever you enter a house, first say, ‘May peace be on this house!’
6 And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.