Luke 9:57-59

Good News Translation

The Would-Be Followers of Jesus^(A)

⁵⁷ As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁵⁸ Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.”

⁵⁹ He said to another man, “Follow me.”

But that man said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”