⁸ Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you.

²⁷ If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, ^(A)eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.

Rewards

^40 (A)“Whoever receives you receives me, and ^(B)whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

¹⁰ But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,

⁴⁸ and said to them, ^(A)“Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and ^(B)whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For ^(C)he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”