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# Should the disciples carry a staff?

Matthew 10:9-10

> Acquire no gold nor silver nor copper for your belts, no bag for your journey, nor two tunics nor sandals **nor a staff**, for the laborer deserves his food.

Luke 9:3-5

> And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, **no staff**, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.

Mark 6:8

> He charged them to take nothing for their journey **except a staff**–no bread, no bag, no money in their belts–