60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”(A)

61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”(B)

62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

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60 and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'

61 And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;'

62 and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

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