The Lord Appointed Other Seventy Also

Hello Everyone!

This week I am covering Luke 10:1-24 which is about how “The Lord Appointed Other Seventy Also.”

1 After these things the Lord ^aappointed other ^bseventy also, and sent them ^ctwo and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

 2 Therefore said he unto them, The ^aharvest 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 ^alambs among wolves.

 4 Carry neither ^apurse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and ^bsalute no man by the way.

 5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, ^aPeace 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 ^alabourer is worthy of his ^bhire. Go not from house to house.

 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they ^areceive you, eat such things as are set before you:

 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The ^akingdom 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 ^adust 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 ^aHe that ^bheareth you heareth me; and he that ^cdespiseth you ^ddespiseth me; and he that ^edespiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

 17 ¶And the ^aseventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

 18 And he said unto them, I beheld ^aSatan as lightning fall from heaven.

 19 Behold, I give unto you ^apower to ^btread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means ^churt you.

 20 Notwithstanding in this ^arejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather ^brejoice, because your names are ^cwritten in heaven.

 21 ¶In that hour Jesus ^arejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things ^bfrom the wise and ^cprudent, and hast revealed them unto ^dbabes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

 22 All things are ^adelivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth ^bwho the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will ^creveal him.

 23 ¶And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the ^aeyes which see the things that ye see:

 24 For I tell you, that many ^aprophets and ^bkings 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.

In these verses the Lord tells his disciples many things that will help them on their journeying to teach.

They are:

- Go two by two (Like missionaries today)

- Pray for labourers for the harvest (Those that will teach and gather)(My favorite part about this one is when it says “The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few.”)

- Go your ways (I love how He always compares us as lambs and he says here that “I send you forth as lambs among wolves.”

- Carry nothing with you (the missionaries are supposed to go with only themselves and what they know and have learned, kind of like when we die all that we will have to take with us is what we have learned. I think that is why it says this.)

- When you come to a house say, “Peace be to this house.”

- He says that you should accept what is given to you by those that are accepting of you (reminds me of how return missionaries say that they would never turn down something they were offered to try even if they didn’t want to try it)

- He gave the seventy “power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (I think if I were ever to be a missionary the last part of that would give me great comfort!)

Joseph Smith wrote 13 Articles of Faith and #6 starts out by saying that “We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church.” In Luke 10:1-2 supports how we have a group of men called the Seventy and how we have missionaries that go forth and serve others and teach them the gospel. Verses 8-9 support how the men heal the sick. Verses 17-20 supports how our missionaries have power over Satan and that nothing will hurt them.

What exactly is a Seventy?

On lds.org a Seventy is described as “An office to which men are ordained in the Melchizedek Priesthood. Today, the quorums of Seventy are General Authorities of the Church who are given the apostolic authority but are not ordained Apostles. They devote their full time to the ministry.”