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Luke 9:58 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” "

Luke 9:58

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56 For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.

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

58 Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

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

60 But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”

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"Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there."

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"As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”"

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