Luke 9:61

And another sayde: Lorde I wyll folowe thee, but let me first go byd them farewell, which are at home at my house.

Bible (Bishops')

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

60Iesus sayde vnto hym, Let the dead burie their dead: but go thou & preache the kyngdome of God.

62Iesus sayde vnto hym: No man that putteth his hande to the plowe, and loketh backe, is apt to the kyngdome of God.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.

Luke 14:18And they all at once began to make excuse. The first sayde vnto hym: I haue bought a farme, & I must needes go & see it, I pray thee haue 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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