The Would-Be Followers of Jesus (LUK 9:57-62)

[9:57] As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

[9:58] Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lie down and rest.”

[9:59] He said to another man, “Follow me.” But that man said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”

[9:60] Jesus answered, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.”

[9:61] Someone else said, “I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say good-bye to my family.”

[9:62] Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God.”

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