Jesus associates His disciples in His missionary task and thus enables them to learn by doing. Their mission is similar to His. They are to do what He did and as He did.

In this Jesus emphasizes the radical poverty and complete detachment that missionaries should practice. Preferential option for the poor is an indispensable part of the mission of the Church so Jesus sends the disciples first to the lost sheep of Israel - the marginalized people of His times.

"You received without paying, give without charging." There are several reasons why Jesus demands an austere and ascetial life from His missionaries. First of all the mission is important and urgent and they should devote themselves to the mission with undivided attention. Their lack of material things and the lack of anxiety about them will help them to be single-minded in purpose, namely the carrying out the mission.The poverty of the missionaries will enhance their own credibility and the credibility of the message they proclaim. And their radical poverty is an eloquent proclamation of their trust in God's providence. In other words, unless the needs and demands of a servant of God's people remain minimum, Good News cannot be shared with them as a gift.