If the people in that house welcome you, let your greeting of peace remain; but if they do not welcome you, then take back your greeting.
If someone who is peace-loving lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on that person; if not, take back your greeting of peace.
For those who are being lost, it is a deadly stench that kills; but for those who are being saved, it is a fragrance that brings life. Who, then, is capable for such a task?
But when they were sick, I dressed in mourning; I deprived myself of food; I prayed with my head bowed low,
When you go into a house, say, ‘Peace be with you.’
And if some home or town will not welcome you or listen to you, then leave that place and shake the dust off your feet.