In Luke 10, Jesus establishes the seventy. He called seventy men and told them to go throughout the land in pairs to teach the gospel. He essentially commands them to be missionaries. They are told to invite others to come unto Christ and to partake of the word.
Article of faith number 6 talks about the organization of the church, and that we believe in organizing the church now in modern times the same way that the Savior organized his church during his ministry. Jesus called twelve apostles, the same as we have today, to help serve and assist him in his ministry. He called the seventy, and he commanded them to go throughout the land in pairs, like how missionaries serve today with a companion. As he was the head of the church back then, he remains the head of the church in the latter days.
The scriptures show the existence of the office of the seventy when Jesus calls them in Luke 10, and when they go throughout the land to preach the gospel.
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