He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And 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 10:9–10Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.
- Luke 10:4Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
- Ps 37:3Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
- Ps 34:9–10Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
- Luke 9:3He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey — neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
- Ps 23:1A Psalm by David. Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
- Matt 6:31–33“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
- Mark 6:8–9He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
- Gen 48:15He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
- Deut 8:16who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:
- Luke 12:29–31Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
- Deut 8:2–3You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
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