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Mark 6:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Mark 6:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a]He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts.
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- 6:8–9 In Mark the use of a walking stick (Mk 6:8) and sandals (Mk 6:9) is permitted, but not in Mt 10:10 nor in Lk 10:4. Mark does not mention any prohibition to visit pagan territory and to enter Samaritan towns. These differences indicate a certain adaptation to conditions in and outside of Palestine and suggest in Mark’s account a later activity in the church. For the rest, Jesus required of his apostles a total dependence on God for food and shelter; cf. Mk 6:35–44; 8:1–9.
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