Notes on "shake off the dust of your feet"

The phrase "shake off the dust of your feet" was a Jewish expression of contempt by those shaking off the dust for those they are leaving. It means that you considered the people or place that you were leaving "Unclean".

Mathew Chapter 10 - Full Text

References in Scripture

Matthew 10:14

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

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