Luke 9:59

WEB

⁵⁹He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

KJV

⁵⁹And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

BSB

⁵⁹Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

FBV

⁵⁹He told another man, “Follow me.” But the man replied, “Master, first let me go home and bury my father.”

Extra References

Matthew 16:24

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

1 Kings 19:20

²⁰Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

Matthew 6:33

³³But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 8:21-22

²¹Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

²²But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Haggai 1:2

²“This is what the LORD of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for the LORD’s house to be built.’”

Matthew 4:19-22

¹⁹He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

²⁰They immediately left their nets and followed him. ²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. ²²They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Matthew 9:9

⁹As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.