Here’s
a readers’ theatre setting of Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20. It is set for two voices.
Readers’ Theatre: Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20
One: The Lord now chose seventy-two other
disciples
and sent them ahead in pairs
to all the towns and places he planned to
visit.
These were his instructions to them:
Two: The harvest is great, but the workers are
few.
So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the
harvest;
ask him to send more workers into his
fields.
Now go, and remember that I am sending you
out
as lambs among wolves.
Don’t take any money with you,
nor a traveler’s bag,
nor an extra pair of sandals.
And don’t stop to greet anyone on the road.
Whenever you enter someone’s home, first say,
‘May God’s peace be on this house.’
If those who live there are peaceful, the
blessing will stand;
if they are not, the blessing will return to
you.
Don’t move around from home to home.
Stay in one place, eating and drinking what
they provide.
Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality,
because those who work deserve their pay.
If you enter a town and it welcomes you,
eat whatever is set before you.
Heal the sick, and tell them,
‘The Kingdom of God is near you now.’
But if a town refuses to welcome you,
go out into its streets and say,
‘We wipe even the dust of your town from our
feet
to show that we have abandoned you to your
fate.
And know this—the Kingdom of God is
near!’
Anyone who accepts your message is also
accepting me.
And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me.
And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God,
who sent me.
One: When the seventy-two disciples returned,
they joyfully reported to him,
“Lord, even the demons obey us when we use
your name!”
Two: Yes, I saw Satan fall from heaven like
lightning!
Look, I have given you authority over all the
power of the enemy
and you can walk among snakes and scorpions
and crush them.
Nothing will injure you.
But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey
you;
rejoice because your names are registered in
heaven.
