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!

Persecution of Disciples Predicted

16 “Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

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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”