Luke 9:52–62

⁵²He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him. ⁵³But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem. ^54*When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”^{j 55}Jesus turned and rebuked them.^{k 56}Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.

The Would-be Followers of Jesus

⁵⁷As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

⁵⁸Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lie down and rest.”

⁵⁹He said to another man, “Follow me.”

But that man said, “Sir, first let me go back and bury my father.”

⁶⁰Jesus answered, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You go and proclaim the Kingdom of God.”

^61*Someone else said, “I will follow you, sir; but first let me go and say goodbye to my family.”

⁶²Jesus said to him, “Anyone who starts to plough and then keeps looking back is of no use to the Kingdom of God.”