Lukas 10:5

5 Into whatever bais you enter, first say, Shalom to this bais.

Lukas 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.

Lukas 10:5 In-Context

3 Go I send you as kevasim (sheep) into the midst of ze’evim (wolves).

4 Do not carry a bag for kesef, nor a schnorrer’s sack (beggar’s bag), nor sandals, and, along the derech, dispense with time-consuming Birkat Shalom’s.

5 Into whatever bais you enter, first say, Shalom to this bais.

6 And if there is a ben hashalom there, your shalom will rest upon him. Otherwise, on you it will return.

7 Remain in the same bais eating and drinking the things with them. For worthy is the poel (worker) of his loin (wages). Do not move from bais to bais.