“And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.”
He told them: take nothing for the journey — no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt — the radical dependence of the mission: no provisions, no emergency supplies, no financial reserve. The enumerated list of prohibited items (staff, bag, bread, money, extra shirt) communicates the comprehensive stripping away of self-sufficiency. The mission depends on the hospitality of the communities it enters and on the God who provides.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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