Mark 6:11
And as many as might not receive you nor hear you, as ye depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the day of judgment than
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10And he said to them, Wherever ye enter into a house, lodge there until ye depart from there.
12And having departed, they preached that men should repent.
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:48As I live, says lord LORD, Sodom thy sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as thou have done, thou and thy daughters.
Matthew 11:20Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works occurred, because they did not repent.
Luke 9:5And as many as will not receive you, when departing from that city, also shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Acts 18:6But when they opposed and slandered him, having shaken out his clothes, he said to them, Your blood is upon your heads. I am clean. From henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.
Romans 2:16in a day when God judges the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my good-news.
Matthew Henry on Mark 6:8-14
The Apostolic Commission. 7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; 8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: 9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye… Read the whole commentary →