But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 9:60 in context
Luke 9:57–62
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As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”
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Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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He said to another, “Follow me!”
But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
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But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
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Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
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But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”
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