Matthew 10:14
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.
Cross-reference
Matthew 10:40 directly follows up: rejection or reception of the disciples is rejection or reception of Christ and the Father.
Matthew 10:41 promises reward for receiving a prophet or righteous person — contrasting the rejection in verse 14.
Matthew 7:6 warns not to give holy things to those who will reject—complementing Matthew 10:14's instruction to leave when rejected. Both are Jesus' guidance on handling rejection.
Matthew 18:5 applies the same principle to receiving a child in Jesus' name — expanding the idea of receiving Christ through his messengers.
Luke 10:10 gives the same instruction to the seventy, reinforcing the practice of shaking dust as a testimony against rejection.
1 Thessalonians 4:8 warns that rejecting apostolic teaching is rejecting God, similar to the rejection symbolized by shaking dust.
Acts 18:6 shows Paul shaking his garments when rejected by Corinth, acting out the same principle of testimony through symbolic separation.
Acts 13:51 records Paul and Barnabas shaking dust off their feet against Antioch, directly applying Jesus' command from Matthew 10:14.
Luke 10:11 quotes the disciples saying they wipe off the dust, adding the verbal declaration that accompanies the symbolic action.
Luke 9:5 gives the same command: shake off dust as a testimony against unreceptive towns — a synoptic parallel.
Mark 6:11 records the identical instruction: shake off dust against those who refuse to listen — a synoptic parallel.
Acts 22:18 shows Jesus telling Paul to leave Jerusalem because people will not accept his testimony—the same rejection that prompts shaking dust in Matthew 10:14.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 thanks God for believers who received the word—the opposite of the rejection described in Matthew 10:14.
Nehemiah 5:13 uses a symbolic garment-shaking gesture as a curse for covenant-breakers, paralleling the symbolic action of shaking dust off feet.
John 13:20 links receiving or rejecting apostles to receiving or rejecting Christ and the Father, echoing the representation theme in the dust-shaking command.
Acts 20:26 declares Paul innocent of blood regarding those who reject his message, mirroring the witness function of shaking dust.
3 John 1:8 urges support for traveling missionaries—the positive counterpart to Matthew 10:14's warning of rejection.
Luke 9:48 also connects receiving a child to receiving Christ and the Father — echoing the principle of receiving the sent ones.
Mark 9:37 teaches that receiving a child in Jesus' name is receiving Christ — parallel to the reception theme but with a different subject.