Luke 9:61

"Master," said yet another, "I will follow you; but allow me first to go and say good-bye to my friends at home."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

60"Leave the dead," Jesus rejoined, "to bury their own dead; but you must go and announce far and wide the coming of the Kingdom of God."

62Jesus answered him, "No one who has put his hand to the plough, and then looks behind him, is fit for the Kingdom of God.

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Cross References

Luke 14:18"But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "`I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold 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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