Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts to which indeed you were called to one body and be thankful.
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. –Colossians 3:15-16A (NRSVCE)
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The Mission of the Seventy
The Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself intended to go. He (The Lord Jesus) said to them, “The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few, therefore ask the the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ If anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick who are there and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’
Whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. You know this, the Kingdom of God has come near.’ I tell you, on that day, it will be more tolerable for Sodom that for that town.
Whoever listens to you listens to Me and whoever rejects you rejects Me and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
The Return of the Seventy
The seventy returned with joy saying, ‘Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!’
He (Jesus) said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. Se I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing will hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you but rejoice that your names are written in Heaven.” –Luke 10:1-12;16-20
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