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Luke 9:57-62
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Would-be Followers
57
And [as] they were traveling on the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go!"
58
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [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, first allow me to go [and] bury my father."
60
But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead! But you go [and] proclaim the kingdom of God."
61
And another [person] also said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say farewell to those in my house."
62
But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"
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[a].
*Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were going")
[b].
*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
[c].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go") has been translated as an infinitive
[d].
*Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go") has been translated as a finite verb
[e].
Some manuscripts have "said to him"
[f].
*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
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