Matthew 10:14

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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 home, give it your greeting. 13If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 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“Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
• Matthew 18:5And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
• Mark 6:11And 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 9:37“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”
• 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,
• John 13:20Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
• 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.
• Acts 13:51So they shook the dust off their feet as a warning to them and went to Iconium.
• 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.”
• Acts 20:26Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.

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