Matthew 10:12

12 When you enter the house, salute it;

Matthew 10:12 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 10:12

And when ye come into an house
Or the "house"; that is, the house of an hospitable man, when, upon inquiry, found out:

salute it;
meaning the inhabitants of it; or, as the Persic version reads, those of the household, especially the master of the family. Some copies add, saying, peace be to this house, as in ( Luke 10:5 ) and so read the Vulgate Latin, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel; and is a very just, and proper explanation of saluting: for the usual form of salutation among the Jews was in such words; of which (See Gill on Matthew 5:47) by which is meant all kind of happiness, and prosperity, temporal, spiritual, and eternal.

Matthew 10:12 In-Context

10 no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.

11 "Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.

12 When you enter the house, salute it;

13 and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.

14 And whoever refuses to receive you or even to listen to your Message, as you leave that house or town, shake off the very dust from your feet.