Luke 10:6

and if there be a child of peace there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall return upon yourselves.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

5But whatever house ye come into, first say, Peace be to this house:

7But remain in the same house, eating and drinking such as they have; for the laborer is worthy of his hire.

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Cross References

Ephesians 2:2in which ye formerly walked after the manner of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that still operates in the children of disobedience:

2 Thessalonians 3:16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in all places. The Lord be with you all.

1 Peter 1:14as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts 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 →

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