Luke 10:5
And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
In Context
4Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:19I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.
Luke 19:9And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.
2 Corinthians 5:18But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;
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 →