Mark 6:11
9 and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.
10 And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.
If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
12 So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
13 They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
- 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.
- WEB
- Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”
- ASV
- And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them.
- DARBY
- And whatsoever place shall not receive you nor hear you, departing thence, shake off the dust which is under your feet for a testimony to them.
- BLB
- And whatever place may not receive you⁺ nor hear you⁺, going out from there, shake off the dust that [is] under your⁺ feet, as a testimony against them.”
- ÅB
- Og hvor de ikke tar imot dere og ikke hører på dere, der skal dere gå ut fra det sted og riste av støvet under deres føtter til et vitnesbyrd mot dem.
- OTB
- Hvis et sted ikke tar imot dere eller lytter til dere, når dere drar derfra, rist støvet av føttene som et vitnesbyrd mot dem."
- B1930
- Og hvor de ikke tar imot eder og ikke hører på eder, der skal I gå ut fra det sted og ryste av støvet under eders føtter til et vidnesbyrd mot dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 10:14–15
And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
Read in contextNehemiah 5:13
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
Read in contextActs 18:6
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Read in contextLuke 10:10–15
But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,
Read in contextJude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
Read in contextMatthew 11:20–24
Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
Read in contextRomans 2:16
on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
Read in contextActs 13:50–51
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
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