Luke 10:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹“We are shaking the dust from our feet^[a] as a warning to you. And you can be sure that God's kingdom will soon be here!”^[b] ¹²^(A) I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than the people of that town!

The Unbelieving Towns

(Matthew 11.20-24)

¹³^(B) You people of Chorazin are in for trouble! You people of Bethsaida are also in for trouble! If the miracles that took place in your towns had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have turned to God long ago. They would have dressed in sackcloth and put ashes on their heads.^[c]

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Footnotes

10.11 shaking the dust from our feet: This was a way of showing rejection.
10.11 will soon be here: Or “is already here.”
10.13 dressed in sackcloth … ashes on their heads: This was one way that people showed how sorry they were for their sins.