Jesus tells His disciples how to respond when a town receives them favorably and how to respond when a town receives them unfavorably.
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Biblical Text:
10 And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town. 11 Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”
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