Luke 10:4 Meaning and Explanation
“Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The seventy are to travel light — no money bag, no provision sack, no spare sandals — and to let no roadside ceremony slow them.
What Does Luke 10:4 Mean?
Travellers carried a purse for coins, a scrip for bread, and sandals against the road; greetings between travellers could stretch into long ceremony. Jesus strips all of it away. The mission is urgent, and the messengers are to move unencumbered.
Travelling empty-handed forces a kind of faith: every meal must come from God through the hospitality of strangers. The instruction is not a rule against preparation for every age — Jesus later adjusts it (Luke 22:35-36) — but a schooling in dependence for this sending. Those who carry less discover how much the Father carries for them.
Luke 10:4 in the Original Language
pera (πήρα), 'scrip' -- the bag a traveller carried for food and provisions.
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What does Luke 10:4 mean?
The seventy are to travel light — no money bag, no provision sack, no spare sandals — and to let no roadside ceremony slow them.