Luke 9:5

Luke 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

Context of Luke 9:5

3And he said to them, "Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics. 4And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them." 6And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. 7Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

Luke 9:5 word by word

καὶ ὅσοι ἂν μὴ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξερχόμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης τὸν κονιορτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἀποτινάσσετε εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whosoeverὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• willδέχομαιdechomai · to receiveG1209
• notμήmē · notG3361
• youσύsu · youG4771
• when ye go outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• shake offἀποτινάσσωapotinassō · to shake offG660
• theκονιορτόςkoniortos · dustG2868
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a testimonyμαρτύριονmarturion · testimonyG3142
• againstἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Luke 9:5

• Luke 9:48and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great."
• Luke 10:10But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,
• Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
• Mark 6:11And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them."
• Mark 9:37"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."
• Acts 13:51But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
• Acts 18:6And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
• Luke 9:53But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 5:13I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
• Luke 5:14And he charged him to tell no one, but "go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to them."
• Matthew 10:18and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.

Commentaries on Luke 9:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-6Verses 1-6 See the notes at Matthew 10:1-14. See the notes at Matthew 10:1-14.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5shake the dust off your feet: Using a symbol of rejection, they were to leave such a town to the judgment it deserved.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-6(See on Mt 10:1-15). 1. power and authority--He both qualified and authorized them. (See on Mr 6:14-30).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 9:5

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In the dictionaries

• Advantage
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• Bless
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• Cry
• Cure
• Decease
• Fashion
• Fit
• Generation

Commentaries on Luke 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings