The people in some places may not welcome you; if they don’t, leave and shake the dust off your feet. This will be a witness against the people living there.”
But when they opposed Paul and treated him badly, he shook out his clothes in protest. He told them, “God’s judgment against you will be your own fault! Don’t blame me for it! From now on, I will go to the Gentiles.”
“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever does not accept you does not accept me. But whoever does not accept me does not accept the one who sent me.”
Then he told them, “Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. The one who is considered least important among you is the most important of all.”
“Don’t tell anyone,” Jesus ordered him. “But go and show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded, as a witness to the priest and the people that you are clean.”