Luke 9:59-61

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⁵⁹Another time, when he invited a man to come with him and to be his disciple, the man agreed—but wanted to wait until his father’s death.^[a]

⁶⁰Jesus replied, “Let those without eternal life concern themselves with things like that.^[b] Your duty is to come and preach the coming of the Kingdom of God to all the world.”

⁶¹Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will come, but first let me ask permission of those at home.”^[c]

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Footnotes

Luke 9:59 but wanted to wait until his father’s death, literally, “but he said, ‘Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father,’” perhaps meaning that the man could, when his father died, collect the inheritance and have some security.
Luke 9:60 Let those without eternal life concern themselves with things like that, or “Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead.”
Luke 9:61 ask permission of those at home, literally, “bid them farewell at home.”