The Cost of Following Jesus
57 As they were going
1along the road,
2someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go. ”
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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. ”
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To another he said, “Follow me. ”But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father. ”
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And Jesus said to him, “Leave
3the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and
4proclaim the kingdom of God. ”
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Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord,
5but let me first say farewell to those at my home. ”
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Jesus said to him,
6“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. ”