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LUKE 10:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 10:7Luke 10:9
“And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:”
When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you — eat what is offered is the practical application of the defilement teaching of chapter 6 — the mission to all people requires the willingness to eat what is set before you without questioning its ritual status. The dietary flexibility enables the universal mission.

Church Fathers on Luke 10:8

Peace is the mother of all good things, without it all other things are vain. Our Lord therefore commanded His is disciples on entering a house first to pronounce peace as a sign of good things, saying, Into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

Chrysostom · 4th century

That in truth we should convey the message of peace, and that our very first entrance be attended with the blessing of peace.

Ambrose · 4th century

But it is said, Peace be to this house, that is, to them that dwell in the house. As if he says, I speak to all, both the greater and the less, yet should not your salutation be addressed to them that are unworthy of it. Hence it is added, And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it. As if he says, You indeed shall utter the word, but the blessing of peace shall be applied wherever I shall deem men worthy of it. But if any one is not worthy, you are not…

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