Luke 10:5
Into whatever house you will have entered, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
In Context
4Do not choose to carry a purse, nor provisions, nor shoes; and you shall greet no one along the way.
6And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:19I created the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him who is far away, and peace to him who is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
Luke 19:9Jesus said to him: “Today, salvation has come to this house; because of this, he too is a son of Abraham.
2 Corinthians 5:18But all is of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given 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 →