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.
• 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.
• 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 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

12And when you go into a household, greet it. 13If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 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. 15Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city! 16“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless 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“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
• Matthew 18:5Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.
• Mark 6:11And 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!”
• Mark 9:37“Whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me but Him who sent Me.”
• Luke 9:5And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
• Luke 10:10But whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
• John 13:20Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
• Nehemiah 5:13Then I shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this promise.
• Acts 13:51But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
• Acts 18:6But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. 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 men.

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

Topics related to Matthew 10:14

• Commandments
• Dust
• Jesus Continued
• Judgment
• Minister, Christian
• Opportunity
• Responsibility
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Confess
• Darkness
• Dust
• Freely
• Hell
• Preach
• Provide
• Scrip
• Set
• Sword

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