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14 Whoever does not welcome you, nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or city, [a]shake the dust [of it] off your feet [in contempt, breaking all ties].(A) 15 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of [b]Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city [since it rejected the Messiah’s messenger].

A Hard Road before Them

16 “Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:14 A symbolic act expressing contempt.
  2. Matthew 10:15 The cities destroyed by God because of the sinfulness of their people (Gen 19:1-29).

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