Luke 9:52-62 ▼

52 So he sent messengers on ahead of him. On their way they went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him.

53 But the people would not welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

54 When his disciples James and John observed this rejection, they asked, |Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?|

55 But he turned and rebuked them,

56 and they all went on to another village.

57 While they were walking along the road, a man told him, |I will follow you wherever you go.|

58 Jesus told him, |Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest.|

59 He told another man, |Follow me.| But he said, |Lord, first let me go and bury my father.|

60 But he told him, |Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.|

61 Still another man said, |I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at home.|

62 Jesus told him, |No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.|