If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."

When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"