Matthew 10:9 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on Matthew 10:9

The Lord having forbidden to make merchandize of spiritual things, proceeds to pull up the root of all evil, saying, 'Possess neither gold, nor silver.'

For if they preach without receiving reward for it, the possession of gold and silver and wealth was unnecessary. For had they had such, they would have been thought to be preaching, not for the sake of men’s salvation, but their own gain.

Whence He adds, 'Neither money in your purses.' For there are two kinds of things necessary; one is the means of buying necessaries, which is signified by the money in their purses; the other the necessaries themselves, which are signified by the scrip.