Matthew 10:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

Matthew 10:11 —

Old words in this verse

abide: — stay, remain, live.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 10:7-8
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. …
1 Kings 17:9-24
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. …
Judges 19:16-21
And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. …
Job 31:32
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Mark 6:10
And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.

Topics

Accountability Commandments Discipleship Disobedience to God Duty Law Minister, Christian Obedience

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-15)

We have here the instructions that Christ gave to his disciples, when he gave them their commission. Whether this charge was given them in a continued discourse, or the several articles of it hinted to them at several times, is not material; in this he commanded them. Jacob’s blessing his sons, is called his commanding them, and with these commands Christ commanded a blessing. Observe, I. The peop…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. And into whatsoever city or town--town or village. ye shall enter inquire--carefully. who in it is worthy--or “meet” to entertain such messengers; not in point of rank, of course, but of congenial disposition. and there abide till ye go thence--not shifting about, as if discontented, but returning the welcome given with a courteous, contented, accommodating disposition.