I brought no mangled carcass to you--I bore its loss. From my hand you sought it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

However, some {worthless men} said, "How can this [man] deliver us?" So they despised him and brought no gift to him, but he kept silent.

And he commanded them that they take along nothing for the journey except only a staff--no bread, no traveler's bag, no money in their belts--