Matthew 10:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; but if it is not, let your peace return to you.”

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BSBPD

“If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; but if it is not, let your peace return to you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 10:13 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
  2. Luke 10:6If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.
  3. 2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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