Luk 9:57-62 | ISV | STEP | The Would-Be Followers of Jesus While they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Luke 9:57-62

57 The Would-Be Followers of Jesus Matthew 8:19-22While they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”Matt 8:19

58 Jesus told him,

“Foxes have holes and birds ^{▼▼Lit. birds in the sky} have nests,

but the Son of Man has no place to rest.” ^{▼▼Lit. no place to lay his head}

59 He told another man, “Follow me.”

But he said, “Lord, ^{▼▼Other mss. lack Lord} first let me go and bury my father.”Matt 8:21

60 But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

61 Still another man said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at home.”1Kings 19:20

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