Luke 10:5
Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
In Context
4Carry no purse, nor bag, nor sandals; and salute no one on the road.
6And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest on him; but, if not, it shall return upon you.
Cross References
Luke 19:9And Jesus said to him: To-day has salvation come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
2 Corinthians 5:18And all these things are from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Matthew Henry on Luke 10:2-17
The Mission of the Seventy. 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into… Read the whole commentary →