13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And whoever does not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you[a] are going out of that house or that[b] town. 15 Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:14 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are going”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 10:14 A repetition of “that” is supplied in English; the single Greek term is understood to modify both “house” and “town”

13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.(A) 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah(B) on the day of judgment(C) than for that town.(D)

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