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Luke 9:59-60
New Living Translation
Luke 9:59-60
New Living Translation
59 He said to another person, “Come, follow me.”
The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”
60 But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead![a] Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.”
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- 9:60 Greek Let the dead bury their own dead.
Luke 9:59-60
New International Version
Luke 9:59-60
New International Version
59 He said to another man, “Follow me.”(A)
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”(B)
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