He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.
Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.
Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!
Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”
Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.
Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town.
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.