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33 lines
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Markdown
This continues the account of Jesus sending out his twelve apostles to do his work that began in [Matthew 10:1](./01.md).
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## As for those who do not receive you or listen ##
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"If no people in that town will receive you or listen"
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## you…your ##
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the twelve apostles
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## listen to your words ##
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"listen to your message" (UDB) or "listen to what you have to say"
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## city ##
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You should translate this the same way you did in [Matthew 10:11](./11.md).
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## shake off the dust from your feet ##
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"shake the dust of that house or city off your feet." This is a sign that God had rejected the people of that house or city (see UDB).
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## It shall be more tolerable ##
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"The suffering shall be less"
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## the land of Sodom and Gomorrah ##
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"the people who lived in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah," whom God destroyed with fire sent from heaven (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## that city ##
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the people in the city that does not receive the apostles or listen to their message (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |