[891] Compare Matt. 9:37, 38; see also John 4:35.
[892] Edersheim (vol. ii, p. 138) says: "The expression 'if the son of peace be there' is a Hebraism, equivalent to 'if the house be worthy' (compare Matt. 10:13) and refers to the character of the head of the house and the tone of the household."
[893] Compare Matt. 10:14; page [329] herein.
[894] Compare the charge given the Seventy with that of the Twelve, Matt. 10:5-42; Mark 6:7-11; Luke 9:1-5; see page [328] herein.
[895] Matt. 10:5, 6; 15:24.
[896] Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15.
[897] Doc. and Cov. 107:25; 124:137-140; see also "Articles of Faith," xi:20, 28. The special office of the Seventy has been reestablished in the restored Church; and in this, the last dispensation, many quorums of Seventy are maintained for the work of the ministry. The office of the Seventy is one belonging to the Higher or Melchizedek Priesthood.
[898] Luke 10:13-15; compare Matt. 11:20-24; see page [258] herein.
[899] Luke 10:17.