NOTES for Luk 10:1-15
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. |
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As we read Luke the Evangelist's account of the sending of the seventy apostles to preach, it is important for us to determine as precisely as possible the charge with which Christ sends them. The Evangelist conveys in detail the Lord's words that the seventy should not prepare for long and difficult journeys, but, relying on God, should be content with what He would send them along the way. The main thing, the Lord says, is this: where they receive you, stay there; where they do not receive you, go on from there. The essence of what the Lord sends them with is to bring the message of peace and that the Kingdom of God has drawn near to you.
So the task of the seventy apostles, and after them of the whole Church, is to announce to people that Christ is already near, close beside them. After the apostles, the Lord Himself will come into those villages and towns and will speak the word to those who want to hear and heal those who suffer. In the apostolic ministry of the Church, the main thing is to proclaim to the world the coming of Christ, and the key element in this witness, according to Christ's word, is the ministry of peace. Not to scourge people's vices and "rebuild society," but to bring peace to those who are willing to receive it.
The Lord says: "If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him." It is important that He does not say "My peace," although the prophets had long said that He Himself is peace for people, as the apostle Paul will repeat: "He is our peace." In order to fulfill the commission given to them, the seventy apostles, and the whole Church after them, must themselves be filled with this peace of God, so that it truly becomes ours.
Readings for 31 October 2025
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