Luke 9:52–62

⁵²He sent messengers ahead of himself,^h and on the way they entered a village of the Samaritansⁱ to make preparations for him. ⁵³But they did not welcome him, because he determined to journey to Jerusalem.^{j 54}When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”^Gk

⁵⁵But he turned and rebuked them, ⁵⁶and they went to another village.

FOLLOWING JESUS

⁵⁷As they were traveling on the road someone said to him,^l “I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁵⁸Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” ⁵⁹Then he said to another, “Follow me.”

“Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

⁶⁰But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”^m

⁶¹Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”ⁿ

⁶²But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”