Luke 9:57-62

Modern English Version

The Would-Be Followers of Jesus^(A)

⁵⁷ As they went along the way, a man said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”

⁵⁸ Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

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

But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But you go and preach the kingdom of God.”

⁶¹ Yet another said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go bid farewell to those at my house.”

⁶² Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back at things is fit for the kingdom of God.”