Luke 9:62
But Jesus told him, “Nobody once they've started plowing and then looks back is fit for God's kingdom.”
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61Another man said, “Lord, I will follow you! But first let me go home and say goodbye to my family.”
Cross References
Psalms 78:8Then they would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation that was untrustworthy and unfaithful.
Acts 15:37Barnabas planned to take along John Mark too.
2 Timothy 4:10Demas has abandoned me because he loves the things of this world more, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
James 1:6But when you ask, remember to trust in God—don't have any doubts. Someone who doubts is like the crashing waves of the sea, tossed about and driven by the wind.
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 →