Luke 9:61

Another said to him: I will follow thee, my Lord; but allow me first to bid adieu to my household, and I will come.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

60And Jesus said to him: Allow the dead to bury their dead; and go thou and proclaim the kingdom of God.

62Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the ox-plough, and looking backward, is fit for the kingdom of God.

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Cross References

Luke 14:18And they all to a man, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I have bought a field, and am constrained to go out and see it. I pray thee, allow me to be 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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