• Luke 9:5
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 5 καὶ And ὅσοι as many as ἂν likely μὴ not δέχωνται may be receiving ὑμᾶς, YOU, ἐξερχόμενοι going out ἀπὸ from τῆς the πόλεως city ἐκείνης that τὸν the κονιορτὸν dust ἀπὸ from τῶν the ποδῶν feet ὑμῶν of YOU ἀποτινάσσετε be YOU shaking off εἰς into μαρτύριον witness ἐπ’ upon αὐτούς. them.

  • Luke 9:5
    King James Version

    • 5 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.

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 9:5

      shake the dust off your feet: Pious Jews who had traveled through Gentile country would shake what was perceived to be unclean dust off their sandals before reentering Jewish territory. However, Jesus evidently had a different meaning in mind when giving these instructions to his disciples. This gesture would signify that the disciples disclaimed responsibility for the consequences that would come from God. A similar expression occurs at Mt 10:14 and Mr 6:11. Mark adds the expression “for a witness to them,” whereas Luke adds for a witness against them. Paul and Barnabas applied this instruction in Pisidian Antioch. (Ac 13:51) When Paul did something similar in Corinth by shaking out his garments, he added the explanatory words: “Let your blood be on your own heads. I am clean.”​—Ac 18:6.