Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

But he who hears, and does not do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."

Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'."