A.T. Robertson Commentary Luke 10:8

"And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:" — Luke 10:8 (ASV)

Such things as are set before you (τα παρατιθεμενα υμιν). The things placed before you from time to time (present passive participle, repetition). Every preacher needs this lesson of common politeness. These directions may seem perfunctory and even commonplace, but every teacher of young preachers knows how necessary they are. Hence they were given both to the Twelve and to the Seventy.