The Mission of the Seventy (Two) (10:1-9).
Following Jesus' call to the three potential disciples Jesus now appoints seventy (or seventy two) disciples to go out two by two as messengers before His face preparing the way for Him. They too are fulfilling the prayer, ‘may your Kingly Rule come'.
a After these things the Lord appointed seventy (two) others, and sent them two and two before His face into every city and place, to which He Himself was about to come (Luke 10:1).
b And He said to them, “The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the labourers are few, pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth labourers into his harvest” (Luke 10:2).
c “Go your ways. Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves” (Luke 10:3).
d “Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes, and salute no man on the way” (Luke 10:4).
c “And into whatever house you shall enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.' And if a son of peace be there, your peace will rest on him, but if not, it shall turn to you again” (Luke 10:5-6).
b “And in that 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” (Luke 10:7).
a “And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you, and heal the sick that are in it, and say to them, The Kingly Rule of God is come near to you” (Luke 10:8-9).
Note that in ‘a' they were to go to every city to which He was about to come, and in the parallel they enter the city and say, ‘the Kingly Rule of God (in the person of the King) is come near to you'. In ‘b they are to pray for labourers to go forth into the harvest, and in the parallel the labourer is worthy of his hire. In ‘c' they go forth as lambs, and in the parallel they offer peace. Central to all is their total trust in God and desire to serve with full dedication.