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Carry no purse, no provisions bag, no [change of] sandals; refrain from [retarding your journey by] saluting and wishing anyone well along the way.

Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this household! [[a]Freedom from all the distresses that result from sin be with this family].

And if anyone [worthy] of peace and blessedness is there, the peace and blessedness you wish shall come upon him; but if not, it shall come back to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:5 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.

Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.

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