Luke 9:57
New International Version
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

New Living Translation
As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

English Standard Version
As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Berean Standard Bible
As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

Berean Literal Bible
And as they were going along the road, someone said to Him, "I will follow You wherever You may go."

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”

New American Standard Bible
As they were going on the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

NASB 1995
As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

NASB 1977
And as they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And as they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

Amplified Bible
As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

Christian Standard Bible
As they were traveling on the road someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As they were traveling on the road someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go!”

American Standard Version
And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And as they were going on the road, a man said to him, “I shall come after you to the place that you will go, my lord.”

Contemporary English Version
Along the way someone said to Jesus, "I'll follow you anywhere!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him: I will follow thee withersoever thou goest.

English Revised Version
And as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As they were walking along the road, a man said to Jesus, "I'll follow you wherever you go."

Good News Translation
As they went on their way, a man said to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go."

International Standard Version
While they were walking along the road, a man told him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

Literal Standard Version
And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You may go, Lord”;

Majority Standard Bible
As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”

New American Bible
As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

NET Bible
As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

New Revised Standard Version
As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

New Heart English Bible
As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go."

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, that as they were going in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Weymouth New Testament
And, as they proceeded on their way, a man came to Him and said, "I will follow you wherever you go."

World English Bible
As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, 'I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

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Context
The Cost of Discipleship
56And He and His disciples went on to another village. 57 As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.” 58Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”…

Cross References
Matthew 8:19
And one of the scribes came to Him and said, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go."

Luke 9:51
As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

Luke 9:56
And He and His disciples went on to another village.


Treasury of Scripture

And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go.

a certain.

Exodus 19:8
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

Matthew 8:19,20
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest…

John 13:37
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

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Luke 9
1. Jesus sends his apostles to work miracles, and to preach.
7. Herod desires to see Jesus.
10. The apostles return.
12. Jesus feeds five thousand;
18. inquires what opinion the world had of him; foretells his passion;
23. proposes to all the pattern of his patience.
28. The transfiguration.
37. He heals the lunatic;
43. again forewarns his disciples of his passion;
46. commends humility;
51. bids them to show mildness toward all, without desire of revenge.
57. Many would follow him, but upon conditions.














(57-60) Lord, I will follow thee.--See Notes on Matthew 8:19-22. The two anecdotes, if we may so call them, are placed by the two Evangelists in a very different connection. It is clear that their isolated, fragmentary character, with no definite notes of time and place, left a large margin to the discretion of each compiler as to where they should appear. The difference between the "certain man" of St. Luke's report, and the "scribe" of St. Matthew's, slight as it is, takes its place among the signs of the mutual independence of the two Gospels.

Verses 57-62. - Three would-be disciples. The Lord, in plain terms, tells them what is required of men who seek his service. The first two of these incidents in the life of Jesus are related by St. Matthew (Matthew 7:19-22), but he places them in an earlier period. They evidently did not occur together, but most probably they took place about this time in the ministry. They are placed in one group as examples of the way in which the Master replied to numerous offers of service made to him under different conditions. Verses 57, 58. - 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. St. Matthew tells us that the "certain man" who made this offer of service was a scribe. This detail is useful, as showing that those who were attracted by our Lord's teaching were by no means confined to the peasant and artisan class. If we look a little below the surface of the gospel story, we find numberless indications of this. In the Master's reply it is probable that the depression, naturally the result of the churlish refusal of the Samaritan villagers to receive him (ver. 53), coloured the sad but true reflection. The wise Master distrusted the too-ready enthusiasm of his would-be disciple. He saw it would never stand the test of the severe privation or the painful self-sacrifice which would be the sure lot of any one, especially at that juncture, really faithful to him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As they
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

were walking
πορευομένων (poreuomenōn)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 4198: To travel, journey, go, die.

along
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

road,
ὁδῷ (hodō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means.

someone
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

said
εἶπέν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

[Jesus],
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“I will follow
Ἀκολουθήσω (Akolouthēsō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 190: To accompany, attend, follow. Properly, to be in the same way with, i.e. To accompany.

You
σοι (soi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

wherever
ὅπου (hopou)
Adverb
Strong's 3699: Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot.

You go.”
ἀπέρχῃ (aperchē)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.


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