Luke 9:61

Still another said, “I will follow yoʋ, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family.”

Text-Critical English NT

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 to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But yoʋ go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

62But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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Cross References

Luke 14:18But they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go out and see it. I ask yoʋ to 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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