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The Ministry of the Twelve

Luke 9:5

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.”
YLT
and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'
DBY
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.
DRC
And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them.
GNV
And howe many so euer will not receiue you, when ye goe out of that citie, shake off the very dust from your feete for a testimonie against them.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read ἂν (“maybe”); Byzantine text read ἐάν (“if”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read δέχωνται (“shall receive”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read δέξωνται (“they shall receive”).
  • NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἀποτινάσσετε (“do shake off”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀποτινάξατε (“do shake off”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἂν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἂν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐάν.
  • SBLGNT: δέχωνται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δέχωνται; Robinson–Pierpont read δέξωνται.
  • SBLGNT: ἐκείνης. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐκείνης; Robinson–Pierpont add καὶ.
  • SBLGNT: ἀποτινάσσετε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀποτινάσσετε; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read ἀποτινάξατε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ὅσοι ἂν μὴ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξερχόμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης τὸν κονιορτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἀποτινάσσετε εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπʼ αὐτούς.
RP2018
Καὶ ὅσοι ἐὰν μὴ δέξωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξερχόμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἀποτινάξατε εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ’ αὐτούς.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ὅσοι ἂν μὴ δέξωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξερχόμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἀποτινάξατε εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς.
SCR1894
και οσοι αν μη δεξωνται υμας εξερχομενοι απο της πολεως εκεινης και τον κονιορτον απο των ποδων υμων αποτιναξατε εις μαρτυριον επ αυτους

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 10:14–15And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for…
  • Mark 6:11If 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.”
  • Acts 13:51So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
  • Acts 18:6But 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.”
  • Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
  • Luke 9:53–56But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” But Jesus…
  • Luke 10:10–12But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God…
  • Luke 9:48And He said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he is the greatest.”
  • 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.”
  • Nehemiah 5:13I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said,…
  • Luke 5:14“Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
  • Matthew 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

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