Mark 6:12

"Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”"

Key Reflection

This passage instructs Jesus' followers to leave a place where they are not received or heeded, symbolically "shaking off the dust" as a sign of rejection. It warns that such cities will face greater judgment in the end, highlighting the severity of rejecting God's message.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 12. Preached that men should repent. See the nature of repentance explained in Mt 3:2. They were now called upon to repent, and reform their lives, because sin was evil; because the Messiah had come to preach forgiveness to the penitent; and because at his presence it was fit that the nation should turn from its sins, and prepare to receive him. {f} "repent" Lu 24:47; Ac 2:28; 3:19 __________________________________________________________________

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