And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
- BSB Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
- NKJV And He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?” So they said, “Nothing.”
- NASB And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.”
- NLT Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out to preach the Good News and you did not have money, a traveler’s bag, or an extra pair of sandals, did you need anything?” “No,” they replied.
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Quick answer
Jesus reminds the disciples that when He sent them out without provisions they lacked nothing. He recalls God's faithful past provision.
Overview
Looking back to their earlier mission, Jesus reminds the disciples that God supplied all their needs. This memory of provision prepares them for a new and harder season ahead. It assures them that the One who cared for them before will not abandon them in coming trials.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Matt 10:9–10Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
- Luke 10:4Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
- Ps 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Ps 34:9–10O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
- Luke 9:3And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
- Ps 23:1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Matt 6:31–33Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
- Mark 6:8–9And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
- Gen 48:15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
- Deut 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
- Luke 12:29–31And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
- Deut 8:2–3And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
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