But when they stood against him and spoke evil of him, he shook the dust from his clothes. “You have decided your own fate!” he told them. “I have done all I can do. From now on I will go to the Outside Nations.”
If no one in that village welcomes you, when you go from there, shake the dust from your moccasins to warn them that you have done all that you can do.”
If no one in that village welcomes you or will listen to your message, then go from there and shake the dust from your moccasins as a sign against them.”
So the one who turns away from this instruction is not turning away from a human being, but from Creator himself, who has given his Holy Spirit to you.
“The ones representing me who welcome this little child are welcoming me. When you welcome me, you are not only welcoming me but also the one who sent me. That is what I meant when I said, ‘The lowest among you will become the greatest of all.’”