Luke 10:4 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.”

Luke 10:4

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Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly {is} great, but the labourers {are} few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace {be} to this house.

And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

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Luke 10:1

"After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come."

Luke 10:2

"Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly {is} great, but the labourers {are} few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest."

Luke 10:3

"Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves."

Luke 10:5

"And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace {be} to this house."

Luke 10:6

"And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again."

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