Luke 9:5
ContextNET © | Wherever 1 they do not receive you, 2 as you leave that town, 3 shake the dust off 4 your feet as a testimony against them.” |
NIV © | If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave their town, as a testimony against them." |
NASB © | "And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them." |
NLT © | If the people of the village won’t receive your message when you enter it, shake off its dust from your feet as you leave. It is a sign that you have abandoned that village to its fate." |
MSG © | If you're not welcomed, leave town. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and move on." |
BBE © | And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them. |
NRSV © | Wherever they do not welcome you, as you are leaving that town shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them." |
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." |
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NET © | Wherever 1 they do not receive you, 2 as you leave that town, 3 shake the dust off 4 your feet as a testimony against them.” |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Grk “And wherever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style. 2 tn Grk “all those who do not receive you.” 3 tn Or “city.” 4 sn To shake the dust off represented shaking off the uncleanness from one’s feet; see Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 18:6. It was a sign of rejection. |