Matthew 10:14. And whosoever shall not receive you, as guests in the house.

Nor hear your words, as teachers in a town. If refused in one house, they need not leave the town at once, although after inquiring for one ‘worthy,' such a refusal would probably precede a rejection in the place itself.

Shake off the dust of your feet. To be done immediately after decided rejection in a house or a city. The act was symbolical, expressing an end of all intercourse, and perhaps an end of responsibility. As His representatives, their act implied rejection and consequent judgment (comp. Mark 6:11).

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