Luke 9:57-62

Christian Standard Bible

Following Jesus

⁵⁷ As they were traveling on the road someone said to him,^(A) “I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁵⁸ Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ⁵⁹ Then he said to another, “Follow me.”

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

⁶⁰ But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”^(B)

⁶¹ Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”^(C)

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