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Mark 6:11

Mark 6:11
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And, whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you,.... Who would neither take them into their houses, nor hear what they had to say to them:

when ye depart thence; from the house or the city, or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 6:8-11

See these verses fully explained in the notes at Mat 10:9-15. In Mat 10:5 they were commanded not to go among the Gentiles or Samaritans. Mark omits that direction, perhaps, because he was writing for…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And whosoever shall not receive you - Ὁς αν τοπος μη δεξηται, whatsoever Place will not receive you: this is the reading of BL, four others, and the later Syriac in the margin.

Verily, etc. - All…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 6:7-13

Here is, I. The commission given to the twelve apostles, to preach and work miracles; it is the same which we had more largely, Mt. 10. Mark doth not name them here, as Matthew doth, because he had…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the dust under your feet For instances of the carrying out of this command, compare the conduct of St Paul at Antioch in Pisidia, Act 13:51, and at Corinth, Act 18:6. The action must be regarded as…