Luke 9:61

And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit me to take leave of those at home.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

In Context

60Jesus said: Let the dead bury their own dead; but do you go and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

62Jesus said to him: No one that puts his hand to the plow, and looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

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Cross References

Luke 14:18And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I must go and see it; I pray you, have me excused.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:58-62

Every Thing to Be Left for Christ. 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also… Read the whole commentary →

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