Luke 10:5

5 Whenever you go into a house, first say, "Peace be with 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! I am sending you like lambs among wolves.

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.