If any place will not welcome you and the people refuse to listen to you, when you leave, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

And [although he] was deeply grieved, the king, because of his oaths and {dinner guests}, did not want to refuse her.

So their answer to Jesus was--"We do not know." "Then I," replied Jesus, "refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things."

Have ye not read this scripture? 'The stone which the builders did refuse, is made the chief stone in the corner:

Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."