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Luke 9:62
Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke 9:62 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Luke 9:62 in other translations
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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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In context
59 But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first to go and to bury my father.
60 And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
61 And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my leave of them that are at my house.
62 Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
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