Luke 10:4
Do not take a purse with you, or a bag, or sandals; and do not stop to greet any one on your journey.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
In Context
3Now, go. Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like lambs among wolves.
5Whatever house you go to stay at, begin by praying for a blessing on it.
Cross References
Mark 6:8He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey — not even bread, or a bag, or pence in their purse;
Luke 9:59To another man Jesus said: “Follow me.” “Let me first go and bury my father,” said the man.
Luke 22:35Then he said to them all: “When I sent you out as my Messengers, without either purse, or bag, or sandals, were you in need of anything?” “No; nothing,” they answered.
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 →