Luke 9:46-62 ▼

46 And a reasoning entered among them, who might be the greater of them.

47 But Jesus, having known the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a little child, set him beside Himself,

48 and He said to them, “Whoever shall receive this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever shall receive Me receives the One having sent Me. For the one being least among you? all, he is great.”

49 And answering, John said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we were forbidding him because he does not follow with us.”

50 And Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid it; for whoever is not against you? is for you?.”

51 And it came to pass in the completing of the days of His being taken up that He steadfastly set the face to go to Jerusalem.

52 And He sent messengers before His face, and having gone, they entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for Him.

53 And they did not receive Him, because His face was going to Jerusalem.

54 And having seen it, the disciples James and John said, “Lord, do You want that we should call fire to come down from heaven and to consume them?”

55 But having turned, He rebuked them,

56 and they went to another village.

57 And in their going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You may go.”

58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere He might lay the head.”

59 And He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, allow me first, having gone away, to bury my father.”

60 But He said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but you, having gone away, declare the kingdom of God.”

61 And yet another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first allow me to bid farewell to those at my home.”

62 But Jesus said to him, “No one having laid the hand upon the plow and looking to the things behind is fit for the kingdom of God.”