Luke 9:59 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And He said to another, Become My disciple, side with My party, and accompany Me! But he replied, Lord, permit me first to go and bury (await the death of) my father.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Then Jesus said to someone else, “Follow me.” He replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then he said to another, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 9:59 Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

Haggai 1:2

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for the LORD'S house to be built.

Matthew 16:24

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 9:9

And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

Luke 9:60

But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.