Matthew 10:9
Take no gold, silver, or copper in your belts.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
In Context
8Heal the sick, cleanse lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
Cross References
Mark 6:8He instructed them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no knapsack, no bread, and no copper money in their belts.
Luke 10:4Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, and no sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
1 Corinthians 9:7Who at any time serves as a soldier while supplying his own provisions? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:6-16
Instructions to the Apostles. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two… Read the whole commentary →