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The Cost of Following Jesus

57 (A)And as they were going along the road, (B)someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the [a]air have [b]nests, but (C)the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 59 And He said to another, (D)Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” 60 But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and (E)proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”

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  1. Luke 9:58 Or sky
  2. Luke 9:58 Or roosting places

19 (A)Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” 20 And Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the [a]air have [b]nests, but (B)the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 21 And another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus *said to him, (C)Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:20 Or sky
  2. Matthew 8:20 Or roosting places