Luke 10:4
Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
In Context
3Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.
5And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house.
Cross References
Genesis 24:56And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.
2 Kings 4:24Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.
Proverbs 4:25Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.
Mark 6:8And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;
Luke 9:59And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.
Luke 22:35And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of anything? And they said, Nothing.
Matthew Henry on Luke 10:2-17
The Mission of the Seventy. 1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into… Read the whole commentary →