Bible Strands
Luke 10:4
Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the seventy-two disciples during his commissioning journey, issuing these instructions immediately after warning them they are going out like lambs among wolves.
The words — βαστὰζετε (bastazete) means "do carry" and βαλλάντιον (ballantion) means "purse." The text explicitly commands the travelers not to carry these items, a bag, or sandals along the road.
The thread — The command to avoid greetings mirrors Elisha’s instruction to Gehazi in 2 Kings 4:29, and Jesus later references this same mission in Luke 22:35 to confirm the disciples lacked nothing.
Why it lands — The text demands the removal of financial provisions and social delays to force reliance on hospitality and urgent focus. A reader must abandon self-sufficiency and conventional courtesy to prioritize the mission.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 4:29 So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
- Luke 22:35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.
- Luke 10:4 Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
- 1 Samuel 21:8 Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
- 2 Kings 4:24 Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
- Mark 6:8 He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
- Genesis 24:33 Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
- Genesis 24:56 But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
- Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
- Matthew 10:9 Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts.