Contradiction with Luke 9:5
Instructs to shake off the dust of those who do not welcome, contrasting with offering peace.
Luke 9:5: And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
Contradiction with Matthew 10:34
Jesus states He did not come to bring peace, but a sword, which contrasts with offering peace.
Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Contradiction with Matthew 5:39
Advises to turn the other cheek, suggesting passive resistance rather than offering peace directly.
Matthew 5:39: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Contradiction with John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, implying a more confrontational relationship with the world than offering peace.
John 7:7: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Contradiction with Matthew 23:33
Jesus harshly criticizes the Pharisees, which contrasts with offering peace to all houses.
Matthew 23:33: [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Contradiction with 2 Timothy 3:12
Indicates that all who live godly will suffer persecution, contradicting the notion of offering peace in every place.
2 Timothy 3:12: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Contradiction with Matthew 7:6
Advises not to give what is holy to dogs, which suggests discernment rather than offering peace universally.
Matthew 7:6: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Contradiction with Matthew 18:17
Describes treating those who refuse to listen as outsiders, which goes against the instruction to offer peace to every house.
Matthew 18:17: And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Contradiction with John 2:15
Jesus making a whip and driving out money changers signifies an act of aggression, conflicting with offering peace.
John 2:15: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
Contradiction with Revelation 6:4
Describes taking peace from the earth, conflicting with the instruction to offer peace.
Revelation 6:4: And there went out another horse [that was] red: and [power] was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.