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Luke 9:5

3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.

4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.

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.

6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.

7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was 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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  • Acts 18:6

    And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

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  • Matthew 10:14–15

    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

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  • Acts 13:51

    But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

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  • Mark 6:11

    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

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  • Luke 10:16

    He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

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  • Luke 10:10–12

    But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

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  • Luke 9:53–56

    And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

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  • Mark 9:37

    Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

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