Take sandals or not? --Bible contradiction?

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posted at 2/11/2009 10:37 PM EST on dailyrecord.com

DonColeCartoons
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For, openyourmind786, --next issue:

The Issue:MT 10:10 Do not take sandals (shoes) or staves.MK 6:8-9 Take sandals (shoes) and staves.

MK 6:8-9 “And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.”

MT 10::9-10 “ Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.”

The intent of both of these versions is the same; that is to take minimal provisions and trust God’s goodness in the kindness of strangers. Matthew used the Greek term ktaomai, “acquire,” or of bringing extra provisions (thus the prohibition in this account against “an extra coat”). (In other translations, not the King James version, the word coat is translated “shirt” ). Compare the context of these two books, and also the context of MT 10:9-10 where the words “neither shoes” appear. It is talking about not bringing extra provisions. --dc