Luke 10:6
If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
In Context
5Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.
2 Thessalonians 3:16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
1 Peter 1:14as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,
Matthew Henry on Luke 10:2-17
The Mission of the Seventy. 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into… Read the whole commentary →