Luke 9:61-62

The Cost of Following Jesus

61 Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, v but let me first say farewell to those at my home." 62 Jesus said to him, w "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

  1. 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?
  2. Cross References
    Philippians 3:13
    Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.
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