Luke 9:5

And whoever receive not you [or And whoever shall not receive you], go ye out of that city, and shake ye off the powder of your feet into witnessing on them (or and shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The 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.

In Context

4And into what [ever] house ye enter, dwell ye there (or remain there), and go ye not out from thence.

6And they went forth, and went about by castles (or and went through the villages), preaching [or evangelizing] and healing everywhere.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:13And furthermore I shook my bosom, and I said, So (may) God shake away each man from his house, and from his travails, that fulfilleth not this word; and be he shaken away, and be he made void. And all the multitude said, Amen; and they praised God. And the people did, as it was said, (or And all the people did or And all the leaders did, as they had promised).

Matthew 10:18and to mayors, or to presidents, and to kings, ye shall be led (in) for me, in witnessing to them, and to heathen men. (and to mayors, or to governors, and to kings, ye shall be led in for me, to give a testimony to them, and to the Gentiles.)

Mark 9:37Whoever receiveth one of such children in my name, he receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me, he receiveth not me alone, but him that sent me.

Luke 9:48and said to them, Whoever receiveth this child in my name, receiveth me; and whoever receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me; for he that is (the) least among you all, is the greatest.

Luke 10:10And into what [ever] city ye enter, and they receive you not, go ye out into the streets of it, and say ye,

Acts 13:51And they shook away into them the dust of their feet [or And they shook away the powder of (their) feet into them], and came to Iconium.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:2-10

The Mission of the Twelve Apostles. 1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 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. 5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off… Read the whole commentary →

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