Mat 10:11-15, 40, 11:20-24 | Family | STEP | Worthy ; a man of reputation for piety and general worth, and who will be likely to receive your message. There abide till ye go thence ; abide in one and the same house till ye leave that city. This would be equally conducive to their own comfort and the convenience of those who resorted to them.

Matthew 10:11-15

Worthy; a man of reputation for piety and general worth, and who will be likely to receive your message.

There abide till ye go thence; abide in one and the same house till ye leave that city. This would be equally conducive to their own comfort and the convenience of those who resorted to them. Salute it; they were to use all the customary forms of politeness. Courtesy in ministers of the gospel and the manifestation of good-will to all, are required by Christ, and are essential to the highest comfort and usefulness of all who proclaim his truth. Be worthy; if they receive your message, the blessings you desire shall come upon them.

Not worthy; if they reject your message, blessings shall follow you, but not them. Shake off; a strong expression of abhorrence of their sins, according to a custom among the Jews. Ac 13:51; 18:6. More tolerable; their doom shall be less dreadful. They sinned against less light, and were less guilty than those who lived in the days of Christ.

Matthew 10:40

Me--him that sent me; Christ and believers are so united, that what is done to them is considered as done to him; and he and the Father are so united, that what is done to one is done to the other. Men may at any time show kindness to Jesus Christ, by showing it, from love to him and his cause, to his disciples; and thus they may be continually enhancing their gracious and eternal reward.

Matthew 11:20-24

Upbraid; rebuke and denounce judgments against them. Chorazin--Bethsaida; cities in Galilee which he often visited, and in which he taught and wrought miracles.

Tyre and Sidon; commercial cities in the western part of Palestine, on the Mediterranean sea.

Sackcloth and ashes; the signs of sorrowing penitence. The evidence which, through the grace of God, would have convinced some who are now lost, had they enjoyed it, and might have led them to repentance, utterly fails to produce these effects upon others. Exalted unto heaven; greatly distinguished by privileges.

Brought down to hell; destroyed with an aggravated destruction.

Remained; would not have been destroyed. More tolerable; they will be punished less severely, because they have not sinned against and rejected so much light. The higher men are raised in privileges, the lower, if they continue to abuse then, will they sink in future woe.