Jerome, on Matt 10:9

“Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:”

“Or; The Lord herein teaches us that our feet are not to be bound with the chains of death, but to be bare as we tread on the holy ground. We are not to carry a staff which may be turned into a serpent, nor to trust in any arm of flesh; for all such is a reed on which if a man lean ever so lightly, it will break and go into his hand and pierce him.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.