And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?
Luke 9:62 - King James 2000 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts a hand on the plow and looks back is fit for God’s kingdom.” 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." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. |
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.