Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 10:14

"And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet." — Matthew 10:14 (ASV)

Disclaim all fellowship with those who will not have fellowship with your Lord. Do not be angry. Do not denounce with bitterness. Just shake off the dust of your feet, and go elsewhere. Do not depart to rail at the people in private, but let them know that you quit them because they refuse your message. Do this openly and in the most solemn and instructive manner, hoping that your departing act may be remembered.

It is to be feared that we treat rejectors of Christ in a sadly forbearing manner and do not hold up their rejection of our King to the detestation it deserves. We ought to let impenitent sinners know that we consider them outside of our fellowship. If they will not hear, we must make them see that we disown them and count them as unclean because they refuse Christ Jesus.

How little of this is done by the smooth-tongued preachers of today! People may refuse their Gospel and still be the bosom friends of those who preach to them. Indeed, they try even from the pulpit to cheer them in their impenitence with the dream of a larger hope.