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The context of Luke 22 is advice to his disciples since they would meet opposition to their preachings, and is meant in a metaphorical sense.
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Not plausible. The very next sentence has them showing him two swords!
"They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.” His response wasn't: "Oh, I meant that metaphorically, you don't need REAL swords." it was : "It is enough."
Clearly he wasn't talking about metaphorical swords, he was indicating that they were now going to have to be responsible for their own safety. In the same sentence he tells them to "“...whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag...".
Metaphorical money belts and bags?
Hardly. The point is that while they were divinely provided for and protected in the past, it was now their responsibility to deal with those things. If anything this is a warning that self-defense, self-provision, etc. will be required and that they should be prepared.
There are some accurate treatments of this topic on the web for those who are interested, I'm not going to plow through the rest of the passage when others have already done so.