Luke 10:5
Whatever house you enter, first say, 'May peace be on this house!'
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
In Context
4Do not carry a money bag, or a traveler's bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.
6If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him, but if not, it will return to you.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:19and I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to those who are far off and to those who are near—says Yahweh—I will heal them. 1
Luke 19:9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.
2 Corinthians 5:18All these things are from God. He reconciled us to himself through Christ, and 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 →