Luke 9:52–62

⁵²and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the ^aSamaritans to ¹make arrangements for Him.

⁵³But they did not receive Him, ^abecause ¹He was journeying with His face toward Jerusalem.

⁵⁴And when His disciples ^aJames and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to ^bcommand fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

⁵⁵But He turned and rebuked them, ¹and said, “You do not know what kind of spirit you are of,

⁵⁶for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”] And they went on to another village.

The Cost of Following Jesus

^57aAnd as they were going along the road, ^bsomeone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the ¹air have ²nests, but ^athe Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

⁵⁹And He said to another, “^aFollow Me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and ^aproclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”

⁶¹Another also said, “I will follow You, Lord, but ^afirst permit me to say farewell to those at home.”

⁶²But Jesus said to him, “^aNo one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”