Luke 9:59 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵⁹ To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵⁹ And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵⁹ 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)

⁵⁹ And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Common English Bible

⁵⁹ Then Jesus said to someone else, “Follow me.” He replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵⁹ 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

⁵⁹ 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 kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

Haggai 1:2

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told 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 first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

Matthew 9:9

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

Luke 9:60

But he said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”