What Does Luke 10:7 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The food on the table is part of the worker’s wage, and remaining gives the work a settled home.
THE MEANING
The work moving through your life has a place where it is received and sustained; what is given there belongs to the exchange. The worker is worthy of the wage, so receiving support does not diminish the work, and staying gives that support a settled relationship.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that a worker must refuse or minimize support to prove the work is sincere; it names the wage as deserved.
THE ROOT
μένετε
menete
GROWS FROM
μεν-
men-
The Greek word-family stem for staying, continuing, or remaining.
English “remain” can sound like mere inactivity, but a related form also means a dwelling or abode. Staying in the house gives the welcome continuity, while “Go not from house to house” keeps the work rooted in one place.
ALSO GROWS
monē: Dwelling, abode
μονή
This related noun makes the link between remaining and dwelling explicit: staying is a way of inhabiting a place.
epimenō: Continue, remain in
ἐπιμένω
This compound carries the same “remain” stem into continued presence, echoing the verse’s settled stay.
μισθοῦ
misthou
GROWS FROM
μισθ-
misth-
The Greek word-family stem for wages or compensation for service.
The same word-family names both the wage and the act of hiring, so “hire” is concrete compensation, not an abstract compliment. The verse places the worker’s due alongside the household’s food, making support part of the exchange.
ALSO GROWS
misthoō: Hire or engage for wages
μισθόω
The verb shows the wage as part of a real arrangement between work and provision.
misthios: Hired worker, wage earner
μίσθιος
This related noun names the worker through the same wage-family found in the verse.
THE PATTERN
Provision for those who labor belongs to the just order of the work, not merely to another’s generosity.
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.THE THREAD
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.“Abide” and “remain” translate the same Greek verb, μένω (menō; stay, remain). Here, as in Luke, sustaining life is bound to remaining in a relationship: the house provides for the worker, and the vine sustains the branch.
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