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Luke 9:5

3 “Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.

4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that area.

If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

6 So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

7 When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
KJV
And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
WEB
As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”
ASV
And as many as receive you not, when ye depart from that city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
DARBY
And as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a witness against them.
BLB
And as many as may not receive you⁺, going out from that city, shake off the dust from your⁺ feet for a testimony against them.”
ÅB
Og hvert sted hvor de ikke tar imot dere, gå ut av den by og ryst støvet av deres føtter til et vitnesbyrd mot dem!
OTB
"Hvis folk ikke tar imot dere, forlat den byen og rist støvet av føttene deres som et vitnesbyrd mot dem."
B1930
Og hvert sted hvor de ikke tar imot eder, gå ut av den by og ryst støvet av eders føtter til et vidnesbyrd mot dem!

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Cross references

  • Acts 18:6

    But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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  • Matthew 10:14–15

    And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

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  • Acts 13:51

    So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

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  • Mark 6:11

    If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

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  • Luke 10:16

    Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

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  • Luke 10:10–12

    But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,

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  • Luke 9:53–56

    But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.

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  • Mark 9:37

    “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”

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