English Standard Version
Mark 6:11
11And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them."
Mark 6:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- New International Version (NIV)And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”
- New Living Translation (NLT)But if any place refuses to welcome you or listen to you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”
Context of Mark 6:11
9but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. 10And he said to them, "Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them." 12So they went out and proclaimed that people should repent. 13And they cast out many demons and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.
Read all of Mark 6Mark 6:11 word by word
καὶ ὃς ἂν τόπος μὴ δέξηται ὑμᾶς μηδὲ ἀκούσωσιν ὑμῶν, ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐκεῖθεν ἐκτινάξατε τὸν χοῦν τὸν ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- whosoeverὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- ·ἄνan · ifG302
- shallδέχομαιdechomai · to receiveG1209
- notμήmē · notG3361
- youσύsu · youG4771
- norμηδέmēde · norG3366
- hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- when ye departἐκπορεύωekporeuomai · to departG1607
- thenceἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564
- shake offἐκτινάσσωektinassō · to shake out/offG1621
- the dustχόοςchoos · dustG5522
- underὑποκάτωhupokatō · underG5270
- feetπούςpous · footG4228
- forεἰςeis · towardG1519
- a testimonyμαρτύριονmarturion · testimonyG3142
- against themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- Verilyἀμήνamēn · amenG281
- I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- It shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- more tolerableἀνεκτόςanektoteros · bearableG414
- for SodomΣόδομαSodoma · SodomG4670
- andἤē · orG2228
- GomorrhaΓόμορραGomorrha · GomorrahG1116
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- of judgmentκρίσιςkrisis · judgmentG2920
- for thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
Cross-references for Mark 6:11
- Nehemiah 5:13I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
- Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
- Luke 9:5And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
- Luke 10:10But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,
- Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
- Acts 18:6And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
- Ezekiel 16:48As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.
- Matthew 10:15Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
- Matthew 11:20Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
- Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- Hebrews 6:4For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
- Hebrews 10:26For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
- 2 Peter 2:6if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
- Jude 1:7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
- Matthew 12:36I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Commentaries on Mark 6:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And whosoever shall not receive you - ̔ , whatsoever Place will not receive you: this is the reading of BL, four others, and the later Syriac in the margin. Verily, etc. - All this clause is omitted in BCDL, two others, one Arabic, one Persic, Coptic, Armenian, Vulgate, and all the Itala but three. Mill and Beza approve of the omission, and Griesbach leaves it out of the text. It has probably been transferred here from Matthew 10:15. See this subject…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-11Verses 8-11 See these verses fully explained in the notes at Matthew 10:9-15. In Matthew 10:5 they were commanded not to go among the Gentiles or Samaritans. Mark omits that direction, perhaps, because he was writing for the “Gentiles,” and the direction might create unnecessary difficulty or offence. Perhaps he omits it also because the command was given for a temporary purpose, and was not in force at the time of his writing.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 Though the apostles were conscious to themselves of great weakness, and expected no wordly advantage, yet, in obedience to their Master, and in dependence upon his strength, they went out. They did not amuse people with curious matters, but told them they must repent of their sins, and turn to God. The servants of Christ may hope to turn many from darkness unto God, and to heal souls by the power of the Holy Ghost.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11shake the dust off your feet: This represents God's judgment on those who rejected the apostles' message (see Acts 18:6). To reject it was actually to reject Jesus and God, who sent him (9:37).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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