Luke 9:62 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶² Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶² And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶² Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶² But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Common English Bible

⁶² Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand on the plow and looks back is fit for God’s kingdom.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶² Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

English Standard Version 2016

⁶² Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:62 Cross References

1 Kings 19:20

And immediately, leaving behind the oxen, he ran after Elijah. And he said, "I beg you to let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him: "Go, and turn back. For what was mine to do, I have done concerning you."

Philippians 3:13

Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead,

2 Timothy 4:10

Crescens has gone to Galatia; Titus to Dalmatia.

Hebrews 10:38

For my just man lives by faith. But if he were to draw himself back, he would not please my soul."