^9:3He¹⁰ said to them, “Take nothing for your¹¹ journey—no staff,¹² no bag,¹³ no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.¹⁴^9:4Whatever¹⁵ house you enter, stay there¹⁶ until you leave the area.¹⁷^9:5Wherever¹⁸ they do not receive you,¹⁹ as you leave that town,²⁰ shake the dust off²¹ your feet as a testimony against them.”

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Footnotes

10 Grk “And he.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
11 Grk “the”; in context the article is used as a possessive pronoun ( ).
12 Mark 6:8 allows one staff. It might be that Luke’s summary (cf. Matt 10:9–10) means not taking an extra staff or that the expression is merely rhetorical for “traveling light” which has been rendered in two slightly different ways.
13 Or “no traveler’s bag”; or possibly “no beggar’s bag” (L&N 6.145; πήρα).
14 Grk “have two tunics.” See the note on the word “tunics” in .
15 Grk “And whatever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
16 Jesus telling his disciples to stay there in one house contrasts with the practice of religious philosophers in the ancient world who went from house to house begging.
17 Grk “and depart from there.” The literal wording could be easily misunderstood; the meaning is that the disciples were not to move from house to house in the same town or locality, but remain at the same house as long as they were in that place.
18 Grk “And wherever.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
19 Grk “all those who do not receive you.”
20 Or “city.”
21 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.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Take nothing for the road,” he told them, “no staff, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don’t take an extra shirt. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Take nothing for your journey,” he instructed them. “Don’t take a walking stick, a traveler’s bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes. Wherever you go, stay in the same house until you leave town. And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to them, “Take along nothing for the journey—neither a staff, nor a traveler’s bag, nor bread, nor money, nor to have two tunics apiece. And into whatever house you enter, stay there and depart from there. And as for all those who do not welcome you—when you depart from that town, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 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.

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