Luke 9:59

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

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But he said vnto another, Followe me. And the same said, Lord, suffer me first to goe and burie my father.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And he said unto another, 'Be following me;' and he said, 'Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

Bible in Basic English

And he said to another, Come after me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and give the last honours to my father.

In context

58Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

60But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

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