• Matthew 10:14
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 14 καὶ And ὃς who ἂν likely μὴ not δέξηται might receive ὑμᾶς YOU μηδὲ nor ἀκούσῃ might hear τοὺς the λόγους words ὑμῶν, of YOU, ἐξερχόμενοι going out ἔξω outside τῆς the οἰκίας house ἢ or τῆς the πόλεως city ἐκείνης that ἐκτινάξατε shake you off τὸν the κονιορτὸν dust τῶν of the ποδῶν feet ὑμῶν. of YOU.

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 10
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 10:14

      shake the dust off your feet: This gesture would signify that the disciples disclaimed responsibility for the consequences that would come from God. A similar expression occurs at Mr 6:11 and Lu 9:5. Mark and Luke add the expression “for a witness to [or, “against”] them.” Paul and Barnabas applied this instruction in Pisidian Antioch (Ac 13:51), and when Paul did something similar in Corinth by shaking out his garments, he added the explanatory words: “Let your blood be on your own heads. I am clean.” (Ac 18:6) Such gestures may already have been familiar to the disciples; pious Jews who had traveled through Gentile country would shake what they perceived to be unclean dust off their sandals before reentering Jewish territory. However, Jesus evidently had a different meaning in mind when giving these instructions to his disciples.