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Mark 6:8

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8 He instructed them, "Take nothing for your trip except a walking stick -- no bread, no pack, no money in your belt.

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).

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Mark 6:8 In-Context

6 He was amazed at their lack of trust. Then he went through the surrounding towns and villages, teaching.
7 Yeshua summoned the Twelve and started sending them out in pairs, giving them authority over the unclean spirits.
8 He instructed them, "Take nothing for your trip except a walking stick -- no bread, no pack, no money in your belt.
9 Wear shoes but not an extra shirt.
10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place;
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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