Mark 6:8

8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff--no bread, no bag, no money in their belts--

Mark 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:8

And commanded them that they should take nothing for [their]
journey
To accommodate them in it, except those things after directed to:

save a staff only;
a single one, for staves in the plural number are forbidden, (See Gill on Matthew 10:10);

no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse.
Travellers used to put their bread, or any other sort of food into their scrips, and their money in their girdles; but the disciples were not allowed to carry either, because provision was to be made for them wherever they came at free cost, it being what their labour was worthy of; (See Gill on Matthew 10:9), (See Gill on Matthew 10:10).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 6:8 In-Context

6 And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.

7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff--no bread, no bag, no money in their belts--

9 but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.

10 And he said to them, "Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there.

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.

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Mark 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:8 In-Context