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Luke 9:61 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.” "

Luke 9:61

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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.”

61 Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”

62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”

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