Matthew 10:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 [a](A)Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words—go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. 15 Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.(B)
Coming Persecutions. 16 (C)“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.
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- 10:14 Shake the dust from your feet: this gesture indicates a complete disassociation from such unbelievers.
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