Luke 10:4-11

4 Don't take a purse or a beggar's bag or shoes; don't stop to greet anyone on the road.
5 Whenever you go into a house, first say, "Peace be with this house.'
6 If someone who is peace-loving lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on that person; if not, take back your greeting of peace.
7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another. 1
8 Whenever you go into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you,
9 heal the sick in that town, and say to the people there, "The Kingdom of God has come near you.'
10 But whenever you go into a town and are not welcomed, go out in the streets and say, 2
11 "Even the dust from your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. But remember that the Kingdom of God has come near you!' 3

Cross References 3

  • 1. 10.71 Corinthians 9.14;1 Timothy 5.18.
  • 2. 10.10, 11Acts 13.51.
  • 3. 10.4-11Matthew 10.7-14;Mark 6.8-11;Luke 9.3-5.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.