“And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.”
Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town — the stay put instruction prevents the disciples from moving to progressively more comfortable accommodations within a town, which would communicate dissatisfaction with initial hospitality and create social disruption. Commit to the first household that receives you and remain there for the duration. This instruction also means that the household that first offers hospitality becomes the mission's local base — the pattern of the Capernaum house extended to every new town.
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