¹² As you go into the house, give it your greeting [that is, ‘Peace be to this house’]. ¹³ If [the family living in] the house is worthy [welcoming you and your message], give it your [blessing of] ^[a]peace [that is, a blessing of well-being and prosperity, the favor of God]. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. ¹⁴ Whoever does not welcome you, nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or city, ^[b]shake the dust [of it] off your feet [in contempt, breaking all ties].^{(A) 15} I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of ^[c]Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city [since it rejected the Messiah’s messenger].