Great Crowd and The Seventy
In addition to the Twelve there is a much larger group of people, identified as disciples in the opening of the passage of the Sermon on the Plain 6:17. Furthermore, seventy (or seventy-two, depending on the source used) people are sent out in pairs to prepare the way for Jesus (Luke 10). They are sometimes referred to as the "Seventy" or the "Seventy Disciples". They are to eat any food offered, heal the sick and spread the word that God's reign is coming, that whoever hears them hears Jesus, whoever rejects them rejects Jesus, and whoever rejects Jesus rejects the One who sent him. In addition, they are granted great powers over the enemy and their names are written in heaven.
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—Bible: New Testament, Luke 12:13,14.
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