Matthew 10:13

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If the people in that home welcome you, they are worthy of your peace. May they have the peace you wished for them. But if they don’t welcome you, they are not worthy of your peace. Take back the peace you wished for them.

Cross References

Luke 10:6

If the people living there love peace, your blessing of peace will stay with them. But if not, your blessing of peace will come back to you.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To those who are being lost, this perfume smells like death, and it brings them death. But to those who are being saved, it has the sweet smell of life, and it brings them life. So who is good enough to do this work?

Psalm 35:13

When they were sick, I was sad and wore sackcloth. I went without eating to show my sorrow. (May my prayers for them not be answered!)

Matthew 10:12

When you enter that home, say, ‘Peace be with you.’

Matthew 10:14

And if the people in a home or a town refuse to welcome you or listen to you, then leave that place and shake the dust off your feet.