Mark 6:11

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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• 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!”

Context of Mark 6:11

9They could wear sandals but could not take along a change of clothes. 10He told them, “Whenever you go into a home, stay there until you’re ready to leave that place. Wherever people don’t welcome you or listen to you, leave and shake the dust from your feet as a warning to them.” 12So the apostles went and told people that they should turn to God and change the way they think and act. 13They also forced many demons out of people and poured oil on many who were sick to cure them.

Mark 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 brushed off my clothes and said, “In the same way, may God brush off from home and work everyone who refuses to keep this promise. In the same way, may everyone be brushed off and left with nothing.” Then the whole congregation said amen and praised the Lord. The people did what they had promised.
• Matthew 10:14If anyone doesn’t welcome you or listen to what you say, leave that house or city, and shake its dust off your feet.
• Luke 9:5If people don’t welcome you, leave that city, and shake its dust off your feet as a warning to them.”
• Luke 10:10“But whenever you go into a city and people don’t welcome you, leave. Announce in its streets,
• Acts 13:50But Jews stirred up devout women of high social standing and the officials of the city. These people started to persecute Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their territory.
• Acts 18:6But they opposed him and insulted him. So Paul shook the dust from his clothes and told them, “You’re responsible for your own death. I’m innocent. From now on I’m going to people who are not Jewish.”
• Ezekiel 16:48As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
• Matthew 10:15I can guarantee this truth: Judgment day will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city.
• Matthew 11:20Then Jesus denounced the cities where he had worked most of his miracles because they had not changed the way they thought and acted.
• Luke 10:12I can guarantee that judgment day will be easier for Sodom than for that city.
• John 15:22If I hadn’t come and spoken to them, they wouldn’t have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
• Hebrews 6:4Some people once had God’s light. They experienced the heavenly gift and shared in the Holy Spirit.
• Hebrews 10:26If we go on sinning after we have learned the truth, no sacrifice can take away our sins.
• 2 Peter 2:6God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes. He made those cities an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them.
• Jude 1:7What happened to Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them is an example for us of the punishment of eternal fire. The people of these cities suffered the same fate that God’s people and the angels did, because they committed sexual sins and engaged in homosexual activities.
• Matthew 12:36“I can guarantee that on judgment day people will have to give an account of every careless word they say.

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

Topics related to Mark 6:11

• Apostles
• Commandments
• Gomorrah
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Minister, Christian
• Responsibility

In the dictionaries

• Sodom
• Day of Judgment
• Estate
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• Folk
• Gomorrah
• Miracle
• Quarrel
• Testimony
• Thence

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