Luke 9:57–58
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Challenging Professed Followers
9:57As185 they were walking186 along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”1879:58Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky188 have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”189
Footnotes
- 185 Grk “And as.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
- 186 Grk “going,” but “walking” is an accurate description of how they traveled about.
- 187 Most (A C W Θ Ψ f13 33 𝔐) add κύριε (kurie, “Lord”) here, but scribes were prone to add to the text, especially appellations for the Lord. The shorter reading also enjoys significant support (𝔓45, 75 א B D L Ξ f1 lat co). The statement “I will follow you wherever you go” is an offer to follow Jesus as a disciple, no matter what the cost.
- 188 Grk “the birds of the sky” or “the birds of the heaven”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated either “sky” or “heaven,” depending on the context. The idiomatic expression “birds of the sky” refers to wild birds as opposed to domesticated fowl (cf. πετεινόν).
- 189 Jesus’ reply is simply this: Does the man understand the rejection he will be facing? Jesus has no home in the world (the Son of Man has no place to lay his head).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 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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NIVNew International Version (2011)
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
As they were traveling on the road someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And as they were traveling on the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go!” 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.”
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KJV 1900King James Version
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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