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Luke 9:5
Luke 9:5 is verse 5 of Luke chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.”
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Luke 9:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
5 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.”
Luke 10:10But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,
Luke 10:11‘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 is near.’
Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
Matthew 10:15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
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.”
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.”
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 9:53But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
Luke 9:54When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
Luke 9:55But Jesus turned and rebuked them.
Luke 9:56And He and His disciples went on to another village.
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, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
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.