Luke 9:61 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶¹ Then another person said [to Jesus], “Lord, I will become your follower, but first let me say goodbye to my family.” [Note: There was the likelihood that family members might try to dissuade him from his commitment to follow the Lord].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶¹ And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶¹ Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first say good-bye to those at my home.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶¹ And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.

Common English Bible

⁶¹ Someone else said to Jesus, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say good-bye to those in my house.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶¹ And another said: "I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house."

Luke 9:61 Cross References

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to me [i.e., to be my disciple], and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters and, yes, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

2 Corinthians 2:13

I had no peace of mind because I did not find my brother Titus [there]. So, I said “good-bye” to them and went on to Macedonia.