Luke 9:61

Luke chapter 9 · verse 61 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.60But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

v.61This passage

v.62But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Cross references

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

  • Luke 14:18

    And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

  • Deuteronomy 33:9

    Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

  • 1 Kings 19:20

    And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

  • 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.

  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.