Matthew Chapter 10 verse 13 Holy Bible
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
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And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.
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And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
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And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
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If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
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and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - And if the house. Not the householder alone (ver. 11), but he and his family as a whole. Be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. It is tempting to see in these words a promise that your activity shall at least issue in increased blessing on yourselves, but it can hardly be pressed so far. It rather means that failure to impart blessing shall not bring spiritual loss to yourselves. "The dove returned to the ark again when it found the earth under water" (cf. Gurnall, in Ford).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) If the house be worthy.--The doubt implied in the "if" seems at first somewhat inconsistent with the supposition that they only went into the house after having ascertained the worthiness of the occupant. It must be remembered, however, that the missionaries entered each city or village as strangers, and that in such a case even the most careful inquiry might not always be successful.Let your peace come upon it--i.e., the peace implied in the formula of salutation. The imperative is not so much a command addressed to them as the proclamation of an edict from the King in whose name they went. Their greeting was not to be a mere ceremonious form. It would be as a real prayer wherever the conditions of peace were fulfilled on the other side. At the worst, the prayer for peace would bring a blessing on him who prayed.
