<p>10:9&nbsp;<em>Acquire no gold, nor silver</em>- The idea of the Greek is to get or acquire, and the hint could be against taking money for their work with people. But the meaning extends into verse 10, and the sense is clearly that they were not to worry about how materially they were going to do their preaching tour. They were to trust that what was basically necessary would be provided, just as it was for Israel on their wilderness journey. To just go out and preach with nothing behind them was a huge challenge to their faith in the principles of the Sermon on the Mount, which taught to take no anxious thought for food or clothing (Mt. 6:25). And their obedience and success is likewise a great challenge to our own faith- for so often lack of finance and material things is what leaves many good intentions to preach stillborn. But it is the Lord's will that should spread the Gospel, and as a wise old brother of wide missionary experience told me in my youth &quot;I have never seen a preaching initiative fail for lack of funds&quot;.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Nor brass for your purses</em>- Even small coins were not to be considered necessary for the missionary work to finally succeed.</p>
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