Matthew 10:14

"If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you."

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes that Jesus' disciples should seek harmony and peace in their ministry, offering it to those who are receptive. If the household rejects the message, the focus shifts back to the messengers themselves, symbolizing that their peace remains intact and untouched by rejection.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 14. Shake off the dust of your feet. The Jews taught uniformly that the dust of the Gentiles was impure, and was to be shaken off. To shake off the dust from the feet, therefore, was a significant act, denoting that they regarded them as impure, profane, and heathenish, and unworthy of their instruction, and that they declined all further connexion with them. It is recorded that this was actually done by some of the apostles. See Ac 13:51; 18:6. {d} "shake off the dust" Ne 5:13; Ac 13:51; 18:6 __________________________________________________________________

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