Luke 9:49-62 ▼

49 John replied, |Master, we saw someone forcing demons out of a person by using the power and authority of your name. We tried to stop him because he was not one of us.|

50 Jesus said to him, |Don't stop him! Whoever isn't against you is for you.|

51 The time was coming closer for Jesus to be taken to heaven. So he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

52 He sent messengers ahead of him. They went into a Samaritan village to arrange a place for him to stay.

53 But the people didn't welcome him, because he was on his way to Jerusalem.

54 James and John, his disciples, saw this. They asked, |Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?|

55 But he turned and corrected them.

56 So they went to another village.

57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to Jesus, |I'll follow you wherever you go.|

58 Jesus told him, |Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to sleep.|

59 He told another man, |Follow me!| But the man said, |Sir, first let me go to bury my father.|

60 But Jesus told him, |Let the dead bury their own dead. You must go everywhere and tell about the kingdom of God.|

61 Another said, |I'll follow you, sir, but first let me tell my family goodbye.|

62 Jesus said to him, |Whoever starts to plow and looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God.|