Wear sandals but not an extra shirt — the sandals are permitted (unlike Matthew's sandals prohibition, creating a minor textual tension resolved by different mission stages) but no extra shirt. The single shirt communicates the disciples' dependence on hospitality for provisions including clothing. They travel with exactly what they need and nothing more — no reserve, no backup, no buffer. The kingdom's emissaries are not self-sufficient travelers but guests of the communities they enter.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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