Luke 10:8

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Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:27 : 27 If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.
  • Matt 10:40 : 40 Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
  • Luke 9:48 : 48 and said to them,“Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great.”
  • Luke 10:10 : 10 But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,
  • John 13:20 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 10:3-7
    5 verses
    85%

    3Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.

    4Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.

    5Whenever you enter a house, first say,‘May peace be on this house!’

    6And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

    7Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.

  • Matt 10:5-14
    10 verses
    84%

    5Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:“Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

    6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

    7As you go, preach this message:‘The kingdom of heaven is near!’

    8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

    9Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts,

    10no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.

    11Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

    12As you enter the house, greet those within it.

    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

  • Luke 10:9-11
    3 verses
    84%

    9Heal the sick in that town and say to them,‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’

    10But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say,

    11‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’

  • Luke 9:2-6
    5 verses
    82%

    2and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

    3He said to them,“Take nothing for your journey– no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

    4Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area.

    5Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

    6Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

  • Mark 6:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10He said to them,“Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area.

    11If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

  • 1 Cor 10:27
    76%

    27If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

  • Matt 10:40
    73%

    40Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.

  • Luke 14:15
    72%

    15The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

  • Luke 10:38
    71%

    38Jesus and Martha Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.

  • 1 Cor 10:25
    71%

    25Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

  • Luke 22:10
    70%

    10He said to them,“Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

  • 1 Sam 10:4
    70%

    4They will ask you how you’re doing and will give you two loaves of bread. You will accept them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
    70%

    15He then said to him,“Come home with me and eat something.”

  • Matt 25:35
    70%

    35For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

  • Matt 15:17
    70%

    17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?

  • Mark 6:8
    70%

    8He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff– no bread, no bag, no money in their belts–

  • 1 Cor 11:34
    70%

    34If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

  • Deut 12:7
    70%

    7Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

  • Mark 14:14
    69%

    14Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says,“Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

  • Luke 13:26
    69%

    26Then you will begin to say,‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

  • 2 Kgs 4:44
    69%

    44So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as in the LORD’S message.

  • Rom 14:3
    69%

    3The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

  • Luke 9:11
    69%

    11But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

  • Mark 6:36
    69%

    36Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

  • 1 Cor 11:22
    68%

    22Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

  • 1 Cor 8:8
    68%

    8Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

  • Matt 9:10
    68%

    10As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

  • 1 Kgs 13:9
    68%

    9For this is how I was commanded in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water. And do not return by the way you came.’”

  • Matt 14:16
    68%

    16But he replied,“They don’t need to go. You give them something to eat.”

  • Zech 7:6
    68%

    6And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”