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Mark 6:11
11And 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.”
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.
- 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!”
- 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
9Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 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.” 12They went out and preached that people should repent. 13They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
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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 folds of my robe and said, “In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!” At this the whole assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
- Matthew 10:14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
- Luke 9:5If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
- Luke 10:10But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say,
- Acts 13:50But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
- Acts 18:6But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- Ezekiel 16:48As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.
- Matthew 10:15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
- Matthew 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, 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 be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- Hebrews 6:4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
- Hebrews 10:26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
- 2 Peter 2:6if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
- Jude 1:7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
- Matthew 12:36But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
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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