Luke 10:10

10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,

Luke 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:10

But into whatsoever city ye enter
On the other hand Christ here directs how to behave towards other cities they should come to, and be rejected:

and they receive you not;
refuse to admit them into their houses, or provide in any shape for them, nor hear their message:

go your ways out into the streets of the same.
The Ethiopic version reads, "cast the dust off your feet into the streets of it: and say"; aloud, in the most public manner, in the ears of all the people, as follows.

Luke 10:10 In-Context

8 Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you;
9 heal the sick in it and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'
10 But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,
11 'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'
12 I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.