Luke 9:62

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

In Context

61Another said to him: I will follow thee, my Lord; but allow me first to bid adieu to my household, and I will come.

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Cross References

Acts 15:37And Barnabas was disposed to take John, who was surnamed Mark.

2 Timothy 4:10For Demas hath left me; and hath loved this world and gone away to Thessalonica; Crispus to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

James 1:6But let him ask in faith, not hesitating: he who hesitateth is like the waves of the sea, which the wind agitateth.

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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