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Whenever you go into a house, greet the family right away with the words, ‘May there be peace in this house.’ If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting will be accepted. But if that’s not the case, your greeting will be rejected. Stay with the family that accepts you. Eat and drink whatever they offer you. After all, the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from one house to another.

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“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. Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages.(A) Do not move around from house to house.

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And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

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(A)But whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on it; if not, it will return to you. (B)And remain in the same house, (C)eating and drinking such things as they give, for (D)the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

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Whatever house you enter, first say, (A)‘Peace be to this house!’ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, (B)it will return to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for (C)the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

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