# Jesus said to them, "When I sent you ... did you lack anything?" They answered, "Nothing." The word "you" refers to the apostles. Jesus uses a question so that they would remember how people helped them in the past. # a purse A purse is a bag for holding money. Here it is used to refer to money. # a bag of provisions "a travelers' bag" or "a bag of food" # Nothing "We did not lack anything" or "We had everything we needed"