Luke 10:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 [a]Carry no money bag,(A) no sack, no sandals;(B) and greet no one along the way. 5 Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’[b] 6 If a peaceful person[c] lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
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- 10:4 Carry no money bag…greet no one along the way: because of the urgency of the mission and the singlemindedness required of missionaries, attachment to material possessions should be avoided and even customary greetings should not distract from the fulfillment of the task.
- 10:5 First say, ‘Peace to this household’: see notes on Lk 2:14 and Mt 10:13.
- 10:6 A peaceful person: literally, “a son of peace.”
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