^9 (A)Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts,

Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Jesus

³⁵ And he said to them, ^(A)“When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”

^3 (A)And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, ^(B)no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.^{[a] 4} And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. ⁵ And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town ^(C)shake off the dust from your feet ^(D)as a testimony ^(E)against them.”

^7 (A)Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? ^(B)Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

⁸ Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same? ⁹ For it is written in the Law of Moses, ^(C)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? ¹⁰ Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written ^(D)for our sake, because ^(E)the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop. ^11 (F)If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? ¹² If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more?

Nevertheless, ^(G)we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything ^(H)rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. ¹³ Do you not know that ^(I)those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? ¹⁴ In the same way, the Lord commanded that ^(J)those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

¹⁵ But ^(K)I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone ^(L)deprive me of my ground for boasting. ¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For ^(M)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! ¹⁷ For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with ^(N)a stewardship. ¹⁸ What then is my reward? That in my preaching ^(O)I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

¹⁹ For ^(P)though I am free from all, ^(Q)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might ^(R)win more of them. ^20 (S)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. ²¹ To ^(T)those outside the law I became ^(U)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but ^(V)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. ^22 (W)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. ^(X)I have become all things to all people, that ^(Y)by all means I might save some. ²³ I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^(Z)that I may share with them in its blessings.

²⁴ Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives ^(AA)the prize? So ^(AB)run that you may obtain it. ²⁵ Every ^(AC)athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^(AD)an imperishable. ²⁶ So I do not run aimlessly; I ^(AE)do not box as one ^(AF)beating the air. ²⁷ But I discipline my body and ^(AG)keep it under control,^[a] lest after preaching to others ^(AH)I myself should be ^(AI)disqualified.

^4 (A)Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and ^(B)greet no one on the road. ⁵ Whatever house you enter, first say, ^(C)‘Peace be to this house!’ ⁶ And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, ^(D)it will return to you. ⁷ And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for ^(E)the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. ⁸ Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. ⁹ Heal the sick in it and say to them, ^(F)‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰ But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ^11 (G)‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that ^(H)the kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹² I tell you, ^(I)it will be more bearable on ^(J)that day for Sodom than for that town.

⁸ He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— ⁹ but to ^(A)wear sandals and not put on two tunics.^{[a] 10} And he said to them, “Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there. ¹¹ And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, ^(B)shake off the dust that is on your feet ^(C)as a testimony against them.”