And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
Christ sent the twelve and afterward the seventy two by two into the cities and places where he himself would follow afterward, under his direction and with the same first directions. When a city or household receives them they are to accept and eat the food set before them, receiving hospitality and relying on their hosts for sustenance and rest rather than insisting on their own provisions or moving from house to house. Their mission joined practical service with proclamation, to heal the sick and tell the people that God's kingdom has come near, with his presence and power accompanying them to heal and cast out evil spirits. Teaching and healing are never to be separated but are to be one united work, so ministers and Bible workers follow this commission when they relieve bodily suffering as well as point people to healing from sin. The verse appoints disciples to go forth in little companies to do evangelistic medical missionary work at once, laboring as evangelists, praying for the sick, ministering to need with nature's remedies and not with drugs, and teaching how to regain health and avoid disease.
Setting and Hospitality Command
Luke 10:1-24 together with Luke 9:51-56 belongs to the last journey from Galilee. The command to eat what is set before belongs to Christ sending the twelve and afterward the seventy to cities and every place where he himself would follow afterward. They went under his direction in the same manner, with the same first directions, two by two.
They were sent into fields already white for harvest, a harvest work later taken up when three thousand souls were added. The mission was not restricted to the Jews but extended to the whole world. It offered all people entry into the kingdom if they received it and its Messenger in their day of visitation, with truth presented so people could grasp the blessings within reach.
When a city or household receives them, they are to accept and eat the food set before them, including food from those who honor God. They are to receive hospitality and rely on their hosts for sustenance and rest rather than insist on their own provisions, demand special provisions, be selective, spend their own resources, or move from house to house, but remain dependent while carrying out their mission. The reason for the instruction to eat what is set before them is not explained in that connection.
United Work and Present Application
The commission joins practical service with proclamation, for those sent into a city are to heal the sick and tell the people that God's kingdom has come near, so that preaching of the word and healing ministry are carried out together. Christ's presence and power accompanied them in this work, with power given to heal the sick and cast out evil spirits, and they returned rejoicing that demons were subject through His name. In God's work teaching and healing are never to be separated but are to be one united work. Ministers and Bible workers follow this same commission when they prepare both to relieve bodily suffering and to point people to healing from sin.
The verse appoints disciples to go forth in little companies to do evangelistic medical missionary work at once, without spending years in preparation. The urgency is that doors now open to the truth will soon be forever closed, and open fields must not be left for the enemy to occupy. Those sent labor as evangelists talking the truth to those they meet, scattering publications, praying for the sick, ministering to need with nature's remedies and not with drugs, and teaching how to regain health and avoid disease. It directs work in the great centers now by appointing strong men with many young men and women associated with them to labor in a humble manner, a manner even more necessary now than in His time. This requires thoroughly converted workers who present the words of eternal life with ingenuity and tenderness so that souls are reached, hearts are won, and sinners are converted.
It shows Christ's plan for placing responsibilities and for cooperation in the conversion of souls. First the twelve were sent out and then seventy men to go everywhere preaching the kingdom of God and the gospel of truth, two by two in the same manner and with the same first directions, to every place where He Himself would follow afterward. New men are to be brought in and selected in nearly every place to obtain an education in caring for the work, learning under direction rather than being passed by for experienced men alone. One worker carries his part as far as he can, then another is sent to do another essential part, so no one begins and carries forward a work entirely alone but gladly cooperates with other gifts. Accepting food offered by those who honor God and remaining with those who receive them creates opportunities to talk, explain Scripture, sing Bible songs, and pray with the household.
The work requires the whole being, heart, mind, soul, and strength in His service. It must not be confined to believers but must become acquainted with unbelievers, place truth before those living up to all the light they have, and reach precious souls in the cities. It loves those for whom Christ died, using the open door He set through His death to redeem from sin to bring others into fellowship. The chapter provides a recipe for present necessities that answers convicted souls who ask what they must do to inherit eternal life. It shows how to work simply and practically instead of preaching long discourses that put help out of reach.
Christ sent the twelve and afterward the seventy two by two into the cities and places where he himself would follow afterward, under his direction and with the same first directions. When a city or household receives them they are to accept and eat the food set before them, receiving hospitality and relying on their hosts for sustenance and rest rather than insisting on their own provisions or moving from house to house. Their mission joined practical service with proclamation, to heal the sick and tell the people that God's kingdom has come near, with his presence and power accompanying them to heal and cast out evil spirits. Teaching and healing are never to be separated but are to be one united work, so ministers and Bible workers follow this commission when they relieve bodily suffering as well as point people to healing from sin. The verse appoints disciples to go forth in little companies to do evangelistic medical missionary work at once, laboring as evangelists, praying for the sick, ministering to need with nature's remedies and not with drugs, and teaching how to regain health and avoid disease.
Setting and Hospitality Command
Luke 10:1-24 together with Luke 9:51-56 belongs to the last journey from Galilee. The command to eat what is set before belongs to Christ sending the twelve and afterward the seventy to cities and every place where he himself would follow afterward. They went under his direction in the same manner, with the same first directions, two by two.
They were sent into fields already white for harvest, a harvest work later taken up when three thousand souls were added. The mission was not restricted to the Jews but extended to the whole world. It offered all people entry into the kingdom if they received it and its Messenger in their day of visitation, with truth presented so people could grasp the blessings within reach.
When a city or household receives them, they are to accept and eat the food set before them, including food from those who honor God. They are to receive hospitality and rely on their hosts for sustenance and rest rather than insist on their own provisions, demand special provisions, be selective, spend their own resources, or move from house to house, but remain dependent while carrying out their mission. The reason for the instruction to eat what is set before them is not explained in that connection.
United Work and Present Application
The commission joins practical service with proclamation, for those sent into a city are to heal the sick and tell the people that God's kingdom has come near, so that preaching of the word and healing ministry are carried out together. Christ's presence and power accompanied them in this work, with power given to heal the sick and cast out evil spirits, and they returned rejoicing that demons were subject through His name. In God's work teaching and healing are never to be separated but are to be one united work. Ministers and Bible workers follow this same commission when they prepare both to relieve bodily suffering and to point people to healing from sin.
The verse appoints disciples to go forth in little companies to do evangelistic medical missionary work at once, without spending years in preparation. The urgency is that doors now open to the truth will soon be forever closed, and open fields must not be left for the enemy to occupy. Those sent labor as evangelists talking the truth to those they meet, scattering publications, praying for the sick, ministering to need with nature's remedies and not with drugs, and teaching how to regain health and avoid disease. It directs work in the great centers now by appointing strong men with many young men and women associated with them to labor in a humble manner, a manner even more necessary now than in His time. This requires thoroughly converted workers who present the words of eternal life with ingenuity and tenderness so that souls are reached, hearts are won, and sinners are converted.
It shows Christ's plan for placing responsibilities and for cooperation in the conversion of souls. First the twelve were sent out and then seventy men to go everywhere preaching the kingdom of God and the gospel of truth, two by two in the same manner and with the same first directions, to every place where He Himself would follow afterward. New men are to be brought in and selected in nearly every place to obtain an education in caring for the work, learning under direction rather than being passed by for experienced men alone. One worker carries his part as far as he can, then another is sent to do another essential part, so no one begins and carries forward a work entirely alone but gladly cooperates with other gifts. Accepting food offered by those who honor God and remaining with those who receive them creates opportunities to talk, explain Scripture, sing Bible songs, and pray with the household.
The work requires the whole being, heart, mind, soul, and strength in His service. It must not be confined to believers but must become acquainted with unbelievers, place truth before those living up to all the light they have, and reach precious souls in the cities. It loves those for whom Christ died, using the open door He set through His death to redeem from sin to bring others into fellowship. The chapter provides a recipe for present necessities that answers convicted souls who ask what they must do to inherit eternal life. It shows how to work simply and practically instead of preaching long discourses that put help out of reach.