Luke 9:57-61

The Cost of Following Jesus

57 As they were going r along the road, s someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 59 To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." 60 And Jesus 1 said to him, "Leave t the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and u proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, v but let me first say farewell to those at my home."

  1. Cross References
    Luke 9:51
    When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
  2. Cross References
    Luke 9:57 - 60
    As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go.
    Matthew 8:19 - 22
    And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 9:57 - 62
    As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go.
    Matthew 8:19 - 22
    And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
  4. Cross References
    John 5:25
    Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 9:2
    And he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 19:20
    And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?
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