⁵²He sent messengers ahead of Him, ^jand on the way they entered a village of the Samaritans ^kto make preparations for Him. ⁵³But they did not welcome Him, because He determined to journey to Jerusalem. ^l⁵⁴When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?” ^mⁿ

⁵⁵But He turned and rebuked them, ^o⁵⁶and they went to another village.

Following Jesus

⁵⁷As they were traveling on the road someone said to Him, ^p“I will follow You wherever You go!”

⁵⁸Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky ^qhave 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.” ^r

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

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

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

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Footnotes

m9:54 Other add as Elijah also did
o9:55–56 Other add and said, “You don’t know what kind of spirit you belong to. 56 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy people’s lives but to save them,”
q9:58 Wild birds, as opposed to domestic birds
r9:59 Not necessarily meaning his father was already dead

Cross references

j9:52 Lk 10:1
k9:52 Mt 10:5
l9:53 Jn 4:9, 20
n9:54 2Kg 1:9–16; Rv 13:13
p9:57–60 Mt 8:19–22
s9:60 Lk 8:1; 9:2; 16:16
t9:61 1Kg 19:20