after saying to them, “Take nothing with you for the trip: no walking stick, no beggar's bag, no food, no money, not even an extra shirt.
Then Jesus asked his disciples, “When I sent you out that time without purse, bag, or shoes, did you lack anything?” “Not a thing,” they answered.
Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and be safe.
A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life.
Then Jesus said to the disciples, “And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body.
He answered, “Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it.”
It is God who clothes the wild grass—grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!
Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.
He called the twelve disciples together and sent them out two by two. He gave them authority over the evil spirits
Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that town;