Luke 9:61

Contemporary English Version 1995

Then someone said to Jesus, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first let me go back and take care of things at home.”

Cross References

Luke 14:26

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot follow me unless you love me more than you love your own life.

1 Kings 19:20

Elisha stopped plowing and ran after him. “Let me kiss my parents goodbye, then I'll go with you,” he said. “You can go,” Elijah said. “But remember what I've done for you.”

Deuteronomy 33:9

Protecting Israel's agreement with the Lord was more important to you than the life of your father or mother, or brothers or sisters, or your own children.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do. You will soon go to the world of the dead, where no one works or thinks or reasons or even knows anything.

2 Corinthians 2:13

But I was worried when I didn't find my friend Titus there. So I left the other followers and went on to Macedonia.