Luke 9:62

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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."