Luke 10:4-11

Contemporary English Version

⁴^(A) Don't take along a moneybag or a traveling bag or sandals. And don't waste time greeting people on the road.^[a] ⁵As soon as you enter a home, say, “God bless this home with peace.” ⁶If the people living there are peace-loving, your prayer for peace will bless them. But if they are not peace-loving, your prayer will return to you. ⁷^(B) Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they give you, because workers are worth what they earn. Don't move around from house to house.

⁸If the people of a town welcome you, eat whatever they offer. ⁹Heal their sick and say, “God's kingdom will soon be here!”^[b]

¹⁰^(C) But if the people of a town refuse to welcome you, go out into the street and say, ¹¹“We are shaking the dust from our feet^[c] as a warning to you. And you can be sure that God's kingdom will soon be here!”^[d]

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Footnotes

10.4 waste time greeting people on the road: In those days a polite greeting could take a long time.
10.9 will soon be here: Or “is already here.”
10.11 shaking the dust from our feet: This was a way of showing rejection.
10.11 will soon be here: Or “is already here.”