English Standard Version
Matthew 10:14
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.
Matthew 10:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
- New International Version (NIV)If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.
Context of Matthew 10:14
12As you enter the house, greet it. 13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And 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. 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. 16"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Read all of Matthew 10Matthew 10:14 word by word
καὶ ὃς ἂν μὴ δέξηται ὑμᾶς μηδὲ ἀκούσῃ τοὺς λόγους ὑμῶν, ἐξερχόμενοι ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας ἢ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης ἐκτινάξατε τὸν κονιορτὸν τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- whosoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- ·ἐάνean · ifG1437
- shallδέχομαιdechomai · to receiveG1209
- notμήmē · notG3361
- youσύsu · youG4771
- norμηδέmēde · norG3366
- hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- wordsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- wordsλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- when ye depart outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- ofοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
- thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
- orἤē · orG2228
- cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
- shake offἐκτινάσσωektinassō · to shake out/offG1621
- the dustκονιορτόςkoniortos · dustG2868
- ofπούςpous · footG4228
Cross-references for Matthew 10:14
- Matthew 10:40"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
- Matthew 18:5"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,
- Mark 6:11And 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 9:37"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."
- 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,
- John 13:20Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
- 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.
- Acts 13:51But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
- 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."
- Acts 20:26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all,
Commentaries on Matthew 10:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Shake off the dust of your feet - The Jews considered themselves defiled by the dust of a heathen country, when was represented by the prophets as a polluted laud, Amos 7:17, when compared with the land of Israel, which was considered as a holy land, Ezekiel 45:1; therefore, to shake the dust of any city of Israel from off one's clothes or feet was an emblematical action, signifying a renunciation of all farther connection with them, and placing them on a…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 See also Mark 6:8-11, and Luke 9:3-5. In both these places the substance of this account is given, though not so particularly as in Matthew. The general subject is the instructions given to the apostles. Matthew 10:9 Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass - This prohibition of gold, silver, and brass is designed to prevent their providing money for their journey. Pieces of money of “small value” were made of brass. In your purses…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 The Gentiles must not have the gospel brought them, till the Jews have refused it. This restraint on the apostles was only in their first mission. Wherever they went they must proclaim, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. They preached, to establish the faith; the kingdom, to animate the hope; of heaven, to inspire the love of heavenly things, and the contempt of earthly; which is at hand, that men may prepare for it without delay. Christ gave…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Shake the dust off your feet: This act was like the actions of a prophet. It came from an Israelite custom: when crossing back into Israel, they would shake off the dust of Gentile lands to show rejection of ungodliness. For the disciples, the gesture meant rejecting those who opposed God’s work (see Acts 18:6). Speaking judgment on those who refuse the message was part of proclaiming the good news about God’s kingdom (see Matthew 11:20–24; 13:10–15…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city--for possibly a whole town might not furnish one "worthy." shake off the dust of your feet--"for a testimony against them," as Mark and Luke add (Mr 6:11; Lu 10:11). By this symbolical action they vividly shook themselves from all connection with such, and all responsibility for the guilt of rejecting them and their message. Such symbolical actions were…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 10
- 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
- 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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