Mark 6:11

Verse

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

American Standard Version (1901)

And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them.

Bible in Basic English

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

Free Bible Version

“If you're not welcomed and not listened to, then shake the dust from your feet as you leave as a sign you have given up on them. ”

Geneva Bible 1599

And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust that is vnder your feete, for a witnes vnto them. Verely I say vnto you, It shalbe easier for Sodom, or Gomorrha at the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

One Unity Resource Bible

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 [Burning] and Gomorrah [Rebellious people, Tyrants] in the day of judgment than for that city!”

Translation for Translators

Wherever the people do not welcome you and wherever the people do not listen to you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that place. By doing that, you will warn them that God will punish them for rejecting your message.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

If any town will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave that place, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony to them.”

Noah Webster Bible

And whoever 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 to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

World English Bible

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!”

Young's Literal Translation

and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'

Context

The Ministry of the Twelve

¹⁰And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area. ¹¹If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

Sermons

Luke 10:1-16. Christ Sends Out Seventy Disciples.

Favell Lee Mortimer

Summary

In Mark 6:11, Jesus instructs His disciples to shake the dust off their feet as a testimony against those who reject the message of the Gospel. This action symbolizes the disciples' innocence and the accountability of those who refuse to accept the truth. By shaking off the dust, the disciples show that they have done their part in sharing the Good News, leaving the responsibility of acceptance or rejection to the hearers. This verse serves as a reminder that not everyone will receive the message of salvation, but the disciples are called to faithfully proclaim it nonetheless.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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 this clause is omitted in BCDL, two others, one Arabic, one Persic, Coptic, Armenian, Vulgate, and all the Itala but three. Mill and Beza approve of the omission, and Griesbach leaves it out of the text. It has probably been transferred here from Mat 10:15. See this subject, from Mar 6:7-11, explained at large on Mat 10:1-15 (note).

John Gill Bible Commentary

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 town, in which it is, shake off the dust under your feet, for a testimony against them; that they had been with them, and attempted to preach the Gospel to them, but they despised and rejected it; wherefore they departed from them as an unworthy people, against whom the dust of their feet would rise as a testimony, in the day of judgment; See Gill on Mat 10:14. Verily, I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. This clause is omitted in some copies, and so it is in the Vulgate Latin version, and may perhaps be transcribed from Mat_. 10:15; see Gill on Mat 10:15; though it is in most copies, and is read in the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions. It is certain that there will be a day of judgment; it is fixed, God has appointed it, though it is not known by men or angels: this will be universal; all must appear in it before God, the judge of all, Jews and Gentiles; such who have lived in the earlier ages of time, as well as those that will live nearer that day; such who have only had the dim light of nature to guide them, and also who have been favoured with the Gospel revelation: the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrha, though they have had the judgments of God upon them in this world, they will not escape the righteous judgment of God hereafter; things are not over with them, there is still a reckoning to be made, an account to pass with them; their full punishment is not yet executed, even though they have been suffering the vengeance of eternal fire; their bodies must be raised, and they must receive for the things which they have done in them, and which they have so dreadfully and unnaturally abused; and yet, as vile sinners as they have been, and as sore a punishment as they are worthy of, their punishment will be milder and more tolerable, than that of the inhabitants of such places, where the Gospel has been preached, and they have despised and rejected it. May the inhabitants of our land, especially of some parts of it, as of London, and others, consider this!

Mark 6:11

The Ministry of the Twelve

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

American Standard Version (1901)

And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them.

Bible in Basic English

And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

Free Bible Version

“If you're not welcomed and not listened to, then shake the dust from your feet as you leave as a sign you have given up on them. ”

Geneva Bible 1599

King James (Authorized) Version

One Unity Resource Bible

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

If any town will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave that place, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony to them.”

Noah Webster Bible

World English Bible

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!”

Young's Literal Translation

Adam Clarke
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Mark 6:11

Verse

Context

The Ministry of the Twelve

Sermons

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Mark 6:11

The Ministry of the Twelve

Luke 10:1-16. Christ Sends Out Seventy Disciples.

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes