Luke 10:5

5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.

Luke 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:5

And into whatsoever house ye enter
When ye come into any city, town, or village,

first say, peace be to this house:
salute the inhabitants in the usual form, saying, peace be to you; wishing them all happiness and prosperity, temporal, spiritual, and eternal. This shows our Lord did not disapprove of civil salutations.

Luke 10:5 In-Context

3 Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.

5 And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.

6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.

7 And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.