Matthew 10:13 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Matthew 10:13

11 ^a“Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go out.

12 And when you go into a household, greet it.

13 ^aIf the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. ^bBut if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 ^aAnd whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, ^bshake off the dust from your feet.

15 Assuredly, I say to you, ^ait will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Matthew 10:13

And if the house be worthy—showing this by giving you a welcome.

let your peace come upon it—This is best explained by the injunction to the Seventy, "And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house" (Luke 10:5). This was the ancient salutation of the East, and it prevails to this day. But from the lips of Christ and His messengers, it means something far higher, both in the gift and the giving of it, than in the current salutation. (See on John 14:27).

but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you—If your peace finds a shut, instead of an open, door in the heart of any household, take it back to yourselves, who know how to value it; and it will taste the sweeter to you for having been offered, even though rejected.

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