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Luke 9:56-58
New Catholic Bible
Luke 9:56-58
New Catholic Bible
56 Then they journeyed forth to another village.
57 The Cost of Following Jesus.[a] As they traveled along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 Jesus told him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
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- Luke 9:57 Jesus demands an unconditional commitment from those who hesitate. The preaching of the kingdom is of primary urgency. On its account, we are to renounce every possession and free ourselves from even the most sacred human attachments.