Luke 10:4
2 And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
5 Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
6 If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- KJV
- Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
- WEB
- Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
- ASV
- Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and salute no man on the way.
- DARBY
- Carry neither purse nor scrip nor sandals, and salute no one on the way.
- BLB
- Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road.
- ÅB
- Bær ikke pung, ikke skreppe, ikke sko; gi dere ikke i tale med noen på veien!
- OTB
- Bær ikke pung, ikke veske, ikke sandaler, og hils ikke på noen langs veien.
- B1930
- Bær ikke pung, ikke skreppe, ikke sko; gi eder ikke i tale med nogen på veien!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 22:35
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
Read in context2 Kings 4:29
So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
Read in contextLuke 10:4–12
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
Read in contextMark 6:8–11
He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
Read in context2 Kings 4:24
Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
Read in context1 Samuel 21:8
Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
Read in contextLuke 9:59–60
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Read in contextGenesis 24:56
But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
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