⁵⁹ He said to another man, “Follow me.”^(A)

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

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

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

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

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.^(A)

⁹ Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”^(A) He sets aside the first to establish the second. ¹⁰ And by that will, we have been made holy^(B) through the sacrifice of the body^(C) of Jesus Christ once for all.^(D)

²¹ To this^(A) you were called,^(B) because Christ suffered for you,^(C) leaving you an example,^(D) that you should follow in his steps.