Luke 9:58

Luke chapter 9 · verse 58 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Context

v.57And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

v.58This passage

v.59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

  • Psalms 84:3

    Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

  • James 2:5

    Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

  • Luke 14:26

    If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  • John 6:60

    Many therefore of his disciples, when they heardthis, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

  • Luke 18:22

    And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.