Don’t acquire gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.

腰袋里不要带金银铜钱；

腰袋里不要带金银铜钱；

腰袋里不要带金银铜钱；

出门时钱袋里不要带金、银、铜币，

你们腰袋里不要带金、银、铜钱；

腰包里不要带金银或铜钱。

腰袋裏不要帶金銀銅錢；

腰袋裏不要帶金銀銅錢；

腰袋裏不要帶金銀銅錢；

出門時錢袋裡不要帶金、銀、銅幣，

你們腰袋裡不要帶金、銀、銅錢；

腰袋裏不要帶金銀或銅錢；

腰包裡不要帶金銀或銅錢。

勿備金銀銅於袋、

金三品、勿貯於橐、

金銀銅、勿備於爾腰帶、

毋攜金銀錢幣於爾腰帶。

“ Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—

“ Do not get any gold, silver or copper to take with you in your belts.

Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts,

“ Don’t take any money in your money belts— no gold, silver, or even copper coins.

Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts,

Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts,

Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;

Don’t take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts,

Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.

He also said to them,“ When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?”“ Not a thing,” they said.

“ Take nothing for the road,” he told them,“ no staff, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don’t take an extra shirt.Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.If they do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”

He instructed them to take nothing for the road except a staff— no bread, no traveling bag, no money in their belts,but to wear sandals and not put on an extra shirt.He said to them,“ Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.If any place does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

Don’t carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don’t greet anyone along the road.Whatever house you enter, first say,‘ Peace to this household.’If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t move from house to house.When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you.Heal the sick who are there, and tell them,‘ The kingdom of God has come near you.’When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say,‘ We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. Is God really concerned about oxen?Isn’t he really saying it for our sake? Yes, this is written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing the crop.If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?If others have this right to receive benefits from you, don’t we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right; instead, we endure everything so that we will not hinder the gospel of Christ.Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar?In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.For my part I have used none of these rights, nor have I written these things that they may be applied in my case. For it would be better for me to die than for anyone to deprive me of my boast!For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach— and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a commission.What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my rights in the gospel.Although I am free from all and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win more people.To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law— though I myself am not under the law— to win those under the law.To those who are without the law, like one without the law— though I am not without God’s law but under the law of Christ— to win those without the law.To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by every possible means save some.Now I do all this because of the gospel, so that I may share in the blessings.Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable crown.So I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air.Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.