Luke 9:60 - The Message60 Jesus refused. “First things first. Your business is life, not death. And life is urgent: Announce God’s kingdom!” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176960 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition60 But Jesus said to him, Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and publish abroad throughout all regions the kingdom of God. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)60 But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and spread the news of God’s kingdom.” Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version60 And Jesus said to him: "Let the dead bury their dead. But you go and announce the kingdom of God." Ver Capítulo |
It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.
From there he went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme—that beginning right now they were under God’s government, a good government! He also healed people of their diseases and of the bad effects of their bad lives. Word got around the entire Roman province of Syria. People brought anybody with a sickness, whether mental, emotional, or physical. Jesus healed them, one and all. More and more people came, the momentum gathering. Besides those from Galilee, crowds came from the “Ten Towns” across the lake, others up from Jerusalem and Judea, still others from across the Jordan.