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Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’[a] If a peaceful person[b] lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves his payment. Do not move about from one house to another.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:5 First say, ‘Peace to this household’: see notes on Lk 2:14 and Mt 10:13.
  2. 10:6 A peaceful person: literally, “a son of peace.”

“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.(A) Do not move around from house to house.

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