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Luke 9:61

World English Bible

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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Luke 9:61 in other translations

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

Luke 9:61 · American Standard Version

Luke 9:61 in context

  1. 59He said to another, “Follow me!”
    But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
  2. 60But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
  3. 61Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
  4. 62But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”