The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
57 And it came to pass as they went in the way, one said to him, I will follow thee wheresoever thou goest, Lord.
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As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.
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Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
59 And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me to go first and bury my father.
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He said to another man, “Follow me.”But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do *thou* go and announce the kingdom of God.
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Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61 And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid adieu to those at my house.
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Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
62 But Jesus said to him, No one having laid his hand on [the] plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God.
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Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
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