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Luke 9:61
Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
Luke 9:61 · World English Bible
Luke 9:61 in other translations
And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."
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In context
58 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.”
59 He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
60 But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
61 Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
62 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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