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Mk 6:9a ... but (having)-under-bound sandals, ...

Verse 9 has two phrases containing 8 narrator words. The 1st phrase has these 3 words, ... alla hupodedemenous sandalia (but having-under-bound staff-soles, ...).

The 3 narrator words are top down. The word hupodedemenous comes from hupo (under) and deo (to bind) which must be associated with the sack made of leather. The word sandalia (the diminitude of sandalon) must be associated with a "walking staff" made of wood. If the sack and the staff are 'diminished' by being cut in half, bound together, and associated with walking, the only object to which the text can be referring is a pair of sandals. If the disciples are allowed to take a walking staff into "the way" then they are also allowed to "bind on" a pair of sandals to their feet and take them "into the way" (the road) along with their 'walking staff.' This riddle is a way of saying disciples are allowed to walk on the road with sandals!

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