Matthew 10:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And if the people seem trustworthy, express your wish for blessings to rest upon them. But if they prove to be untrustworthy, may those blessings remain on you [instead].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then if indeed that house is deserving, let come upon it your peace [that is, freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. But if it is not deserving, let your peace return to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Common English Bible

If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if the house isn’t worthy, take back your blessing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And if, indeed, that house is worthy, your peace will rest upon it. But if it is not worthy, your peace will return to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

Matthew 10:13 Cross References

Matthew 10:12

When you enter a [particular] house, greet the people warmly [Note: The usual Jewish greeting was to say “Peace to you,” See Luke 10:4].

Matthew 10:14

And whoever does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, shake the dust off of your shoes as you leave that house or town. [Note: This was a Jewish custom showing disdain and intended to suggest unworthiness]

Luke 10:6

And if a son of peace is there [i.e., a peace-loving person], your [request for] peace will rest upon him. But if he is not [a peace-loving person], your [blessing of] peace will return to [rest on] you.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To lost people [we become] a smell of death [i.e., we bring condemnation to people who reject our message]; to saved people [we become] a fragrance of life [i.e., we bring salvation to people who accept our message]. And who is adequate to [accomplish] such tasks?